Fort de la Chartreuse
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Castle Facts:
Location: Liège, Belgium.
Built: 1817-1823.
Condition: Abandoned, parkland.
Ownership / Access: State of Belgium.
Notes: The Fort de la Chartreuse, which dominates the Amercœur neighborhood of Liège in Belgium, was built between 1817 and 1823 to defend the city.The fort is built on a strategic height that dominates the valley of the Meuse, which had been occupied by a Carthusian (Ordre des Chartreux) monastery until the French Revolution. The fort was built by the Dutch, who at the time administered southern Belgium.
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