Luxembourg fortress

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cultural heritage site fortress military fortification

The Luxembourg fortress was a strategically vital and heavily fortified stronghold in the city of Luxembourg, long considered one of Europe’s most important defensive bastions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Fortress of Luxembourg 3
Luxembourg Castle 3

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
builtOn Bock promontory NERFINISHED ⓘ
rocky promontory ⓘ
controlledBy Austrian Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
German Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Luxembourg ⓘ
currentUse UNESCO World Heritage component NERFINISHED ⓘ
historical monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
demilitarizationEndYear late 19th century ⓘ
demilitarizationStartYear 1867 ⓘ
demilitarizedBy Treaty of London (1867) NERFINISHED ⓘ
expandedBy Austrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burgundians NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habsburgs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
fortifiedBy French military engineers ⓘ
Vauban NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Bock casemates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pétrusse casemates NERFINISHED ⓘ
barracks ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
city walls of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
gates ⓘ
gun emplacements ⓘ
moats ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
towers ⓘ
underground galleries ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageSiteName Old Quarters and Fortifications of Luxembourg City NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Grand Duchy of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luxembourg City NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Alzette River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pétrusse River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname Gibraltar of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalConstructionCentury 10th century ⓘ
originalConstructionMaterial stone ⓘ
originallyFoundedBy House of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siegfried I of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks Alzette valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grund district NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Town of Luxembourg City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pétrusse valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyDemolished yes ⓘ
reasonForDemolition neutralization of Luxembourg ⓘ
significance important example of European military architecture ⓘ
symbol of Luxembourg City’s historical importance ⓘ
strategicImportance key stronghold between France and Germany ⓘ
major stronghold in the Low Countries ⓘ
one of the strongest fortresses in Europe ⓘ
touristAccess guided tours available ⓘ
publicly accessible casemates ⓘ
unescoCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
unescoInscriptionYear 1994 ⓘ
usedDuring Eighty Years War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War (as strategic factor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

French siege of Luxembourg → fortification → Luxembourg fortress ⓘ
Siege of Luxembourg (1815) → locatedIn → Luxembourg fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortress of Luxembourg
Siege of Luxembourg (1815) → relatedTo → Luxembourg fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortress of Luxembourg
House of Ardenne–Luxembourg → associatedWith → Luxembourg fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luxembourg Castle
House of Ardenne–Luxembourg → governedFrom → Luxembourg fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luxembourg Castle
Count of Luxembourg → seatOfPower → Luxembourg fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luxembourg Castle
Bock Casemates → partOf → Luxembourg fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortress of Luxembourg