fortifications of Luxembourg City

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site fortification system

The fortifications of Luxembourg City are an extensive and historically significant system of defensive walls and bastions that earned the city the nickname "Gibraltar of the North" and are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Old Quarters and Fortifications of Luxembourg 2
fortifications of Luxembourg City canonical 2
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
fortification system ⓘ
architecturalStyle bastion fort ⓘ
area 29 hectares ⓘ
bufferZoneArea around 136 hectares ⓘ
builtBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Burgundians ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
surface form: French Kingdom

House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: Habsburgs

House of Luxembourg ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
country Luxembourg ⓘ
currentUse tourist attraction ⓘ
urban public space ⓘ
demilitarization Treaty of London (1867) ⓘ
hasPart Bock Casemates ⓘ
surface form: Bock casemates

Citadel of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
Corniche ramparts ⓘ
Fort Thüngen ⓘ
Bock Casemates ⓘ
surface form: Petrusse casemates

Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
surface form: Vauban fortifications

bastions ⓘ
casemates ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
ravelins ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
locatedIn Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form: Luxembourg City
locatedOn rocky promontories above the Alzette valley ⓘ
rocky promontories above the Pétrusse valley ⓘ
maintainedBy Luxembourg City, Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form: City of Luxembourg
nickname Gibraltar of the North ⓘ
notableEngineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
partiallyDismantled late 19th century ⓘ
reasonForDismantling neutralization of Luxembourg ⓘ
significance illustrates strategic importance of Luxembourg in European history ⓘ
outstanding example of military architecture in Europe ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled major European communication routes ⓘ
touristActivity guided tours of casemates and ramparts ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1994 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 699 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName fortifications of Luxembourg City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban → notableWork → fortifications of Luxembourg City ⓘ
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → fortifications of Luxembourg City ⓘ
subject surface form: Luxembourg City
this entity surface form: Old Quarters and Fortifications of the City of Luxembourg
Luxembourg region → hasHeritageSite → fortifications of Luxembourg City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortifications and Old Quarters of Luxembourg City
fortifications of Luxembourg City → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → fortifications of Luxembourg City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Fortifications of Luxembourg City
this entity surface form: City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
Ville Haute → partOf → fortifications of Luxembourg City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Quarters and Fortifications of Luxembourg
Grund → partOf → fortifications of Luxembourg City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Quarters and Fortifications of Luxembourg
Grund → hasViewOf → fortifications of Luxembourg City ⓘ