Fort Beneden Lent

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Fort Beneden Lent was built in 1862 to protect the city of Nijmegen and the railway bridge over river Waal.

Comments

Your name



Details

Founded: 1862
Category: Castles and fortifications in Netherlands

Rating

3.7/5 (based on Google user reviews)

User Reviews

Ron Moes fotograaf (9 months ago)
Nice place, would deserve a better destination within the context of culture. Even though I do wish the current people their place.
Marcel Verseput (4 years ago)
Enjoy the privilege of being invited by fine people to this beautiful historic site.
Sabine Groenenboom (4 years ago)
Went to the fort today. The fort is inhabited and is no longer accessible.
Mark Buckingham (4 years ago)
This is a beautiful old fort built in 1862 and steeped in history with its primary purpose being to defend the city of Nijmegen. It is in a peaceful location with scenic views of the river Waal and a there is lovely cycle route running along the riverbank. Some of the bridges crossing the river here are simply majestic.
ncku16howard (5 years ago)
It was closed and blocked. Just can't get in.
Powered by Google

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Historic Site of the week

Wieskirche

The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the municipality of Steingaden.

The sanctuary of Wies is a pilgrimage church extraordinarily well-preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, and is a perfect masterpiece of Rococo art and creative genius, as well as an exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.

The hamlet of Wies, in 1738, is said to have been the setting of a miracle in which tears were seen on a simple wooden figure of Christ mounted on a column that was no longer venerated by the Premonstratensian monks of the Abbey. A wooden chapel constructed in the fields housed the miraculous statue for some time. However, pilgrims from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and even Italy became so numerous that the Abbot of the Premonstratensians of Steingaden decided to construct a splendid sanctuary.