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[@janharml]

1:02 The most left fort is Bourtange in Groningen, close to the German border. It was all swampland, and to get to the city of Groningen, you had to go throug Bourtange. It is a beautifull restored little fortress city. Where people still live. If you ever come to the Netherlands, you should visit it. I have been there many times.

[@Centurion101B3C]

The architecture of 14th and 15th century forts reflected in many later designs and layouts. In the Netherlands, there are still a lot of 19th and early 20th century fortresses that controlled the (then) important accesses to Amsterdam and Utrecht. These forts are still (mostly unknown) preserved and are in many cases applied for a multitude of social, scientific and cultural uses, or are mere kept a historical sites and musea/historical collections. Less prevalent are the outlying structures, since these were built to be easily destroyed to clear fields of fire. De Stelling van Amsterdam is a prime example of this and consists of a l42 main of fortifications, many bunkers, observation towers and protection barriers, as well as water management facilities and structures. These (although not all open to public) can be visited and observed and provide an insight of the then prevailing military thinking prior to the invention of modern warplanes which instantly made these structures obsolete as defense works. With some effort, one can find many of these on Google-maps.

[@PinnacleNL]

He mentions and shows also fort Naarden (or "Naarden Vesting"). I just recently went there and explored that. It's much preserved and still has cannons you can see up close etc. Very cool.

[@powerpommy]

Naarden Vesting is one open-air museum.. very cool, small but a cute little centre❤

[@michieldame701]

The words you were looking for were "Covering all the angles" now you know where the expression came from.

[@mikhalbruns2414]

The video didn't underline another important function of star forts. You had your own cannons on those platforms, at a higher position towards the approaching enemy. You had total free visual around the city and cannons at a higher position could reach further, hitting the enemy before they could activate their own cannons. So the star fort is not only a defensive structure but an offensive one too. These star cities had a powerful deterrent effect towards possible invaders. Palmanova for instance was built by the Venetians, to defend their territories against possible invasions by the Turks. It was handed over to the French when the state collapsed under Napoleon. Then to the Austrians, then to Italy. But it was never besieged or conquered.

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

My home town of Gothenburg, Sweden, was originally built as a star fort to protect commerce and to fend off the Danes. Gothenburg actually means the burg (fort) of Gothia (Gothia being the latin name for Sweden's southernmost part Götaland (land of the Goths). Today the fort is the central part of Gothenburg, and is called Inom Vallgraven (Within the Moat).

[@LisaKokx]

I happen to live right outside one of these star forts (Naarden) and as a kid I never realized how special that was. It's one of my favorite places to go for a walk, and the "moats" are a great place to go swimming in summer or ice skating in winter (when we're lucky). You can also go up the church tower and get a nice view of the surroundings :) ps. thanks to the museum about the fort I hear cannon shots on the regular

[@jlk6315]

#teamnaarden

[@MK-zl7hj]

My city, Charleroi, was built by Vauban in 1666 and exhibits a lot of signs of the design in the road layout

[@solidsteel3634]

I live near Sarre-Louis. This fortress was also built in 1680 by Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban. The Good Vauban really had a knack for his work in his time.

[@olivierdk2]

Neuf Brisach in France still is inside its Vauban defenses.

[@jlk6315]

Nice reaction on a interesting subject, I live in Naarden myself, not inside the vesting itself but just on a 5 minute walk. I stil consider it verry special to walk there knowing What hapened there in the past

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

As a Dane we have a similar Fort as part of the former Protection for Copenhagen and the wall around it, which mostly still exist, to be visited and seen. Also the Danish Town of Fredericia has its wall around! And as a guest to Malta our Area in Mellieha have an old Crusaders Watch Tower to the one side, and from the Drone film they have made, you are able to see the Star Shaped first protection round the Tower! Finn. Denmark

[@astartea8426]

There is also one still standing in Pamplona (the city of San Fermín, the bull running thing😂)

[@veronicajensen7690]

the Citadel in Copenhagen is one of the best preserved fortresses in Northern Europe , it's in the shape of a pentagon with bastions , it's still an active military area , but it's open to the public who can walk around it and use it as a park

[@draculakickyourass]

I would suggest you to google for Alba Iulia fortress, it looks like it was built 10 years ago.

[@daniele8484]

I've been to Palmanova and it is a really special place. I love it. His history is very curious because it was built by the Venetians to show off and be an example to the enemies how powerful they were and impenetrable could their cities be. It worked really well until the austrians made their way into the city just by knocking on the city doors saying a lie, and after the doors were opened, all the army went inside the city and it was conquered.

[@tammo100]

Be sure to visit Bourtange, it is very impressive. I live quite close to it.

[@gerbentvandeveen]

Ik ben zelf meerdere keren naar Naarden Vestiging geweest. 2 tot 4 uur zeilen van Spakenburg. En ook 1 keer bekeken. Spakenburg en Naarden. Zijn onderdeel van de Grebbelinie. Een eeuwe oude verdedigen. Lang voor die graspol! Die nu voor onze deur licht. (Flevoland) Groetjes uit Spakenburg, Nederland

[@RealConstructor]

Naarden is geen onderdeel van de Grebbelinie, maar van de (Oude en Nieuwe )Hollandse Waterlinie.

[@tamaslukacs3173]

These fortresses are beautiful, but have they survived a siege? I think not. (If someone knows siege, please correct me). I think this fortification is the last station of the 16th century taktite. ( The forts mentioned in the original video were also built in the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary. Komárom/ Komarno (Hungary/Slovakia ), Arad /Arad (Romania), Pétervárad /Петерсбург (Serbia). ) Why am I saying this? In Hungary in the 16th century, similar fortresses were practically destroyed in sieges. Many times together with the entire defense army. What can be seen today is thanks to the reconstruction after the siege. A few days ago I visited Zrinyi Castle in Szigetvár (Sigetvar means fortress on an island). If anyone is in Hungary, go and see it. An English-language guided tour and a weapon presentation are also available. It's worth asking. The fortress and the town attached to it survived three attacks. In the siege of 1566, the castle built in the Hungarian style was occupied by the Ottoman army. We collectively call them Turks, but they were made up of many peoples. The Hungarian army also consisted of many peoples.The commander Zrinyi was of Croatian origin. A little insight into war tactics: Since the Turkish army had the highest technology of its time, it had absolute superiority over the European armies. (Perhaps the tertios could have been equal to him, but they never met). It was definitely much stronger against the Christian armies in the area. According to the saying of the time, if they fail to stop the attacking Turks in the spring or summer, they water their horses in the Rhine in the fall. So there was no chance of winning in an battle. This also happened in Mohács in 1526. The Hungarian army suffered a catastrophic defeat, its army of about 25,000 people, the king and 90% of the country's rulers were killed. The fall of the 500-year-old medieval Kingdom of Hungary was the result of this battle. However, since the Turkish army started from Istanbul, they had about 4-5 months for operations in Hungary. In this area, they could not bear the winter weather (the Little Ice Age was at that time), so they had to retreat. So the Hungarians used an earlier tactic (first used in 1284, against the Mongols who attacked for the second time). A multi-line line of small forts was built to slow them down. Cavalry soldiers (hussars) in such forts could attack supply routes very effectively. So you had to capture the forts, because you don't get food, weapons, or gunpowder. However, if you captured it, your next fort was there, and the next fort in your path is already being built. A relief army arrived from outside to help the attacked fortress.The problem was that by the time the relief army gathered, the attacked fortress had fallen. However, large fortresses were also needed, which functioned as main bases. It had an army of about 2,000-2,500 people. About 1,000-1,500 of them were horsemen. They were masters of surprise attacks. This number of soldiers could destroy up to 20,000 enemies in one attack with minimal casualties of their own. Szigetvár was such a main fortress, south of Lake Balaton, about halfway between Lake Balaton and the Dráva River. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iImuk4Z6qa2Ma80&ab_channel=Callistrid Notes for the video: Set the English translation. August 29 was the victory day of Sülejmán's 7 campaigns in Hungary. János Zsigmond was the ruler of Transylvania, which had become a forced Turkish ally. The video does not mention the parting gift. Blowing up the gunpowder storage tower. It was a four-story, wide tower. The said lasting peace only meant that no major campaigns would be launched. Patrols with 100-200 people and two-person duels were constant. The latter often resulted in battles. And here you can read the history of Szigetvár, in Hungarian. The reconstruction drawings do not require language skills. studhist.blog.hu/2019/11/13/szigetvar_tortenete_es_a_var_1566-os_ostroma

[@annebokma4637]

Bourtange here we go, just started watching. Easily one of my favorite day trip destinations. Not many tourists if at all. Ideal place for a picknick and a stroll. Kids will find the toillet hilarious, it bring on a bridge with your ass hanging over the water 😂 By the way, the points seem less pointy if the scale of the defence work gets bigger 😂

[@Aloh-od3ef]

The Statue of Liberty is built on top of an old American star fort! 😉

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Well... Let's say a costal fort...

[@letheas6175]

Hey could you react to Europapa, by Joost klein, our Eurovision entry for this year. I know highly also did it, but please, this is like my favourite entry EVER. Bringing back happy hardcore and Gabber, to Eurovision? I mean that's about the most Dutch thing ever, and something I never expected ever again (like a normal fucking winter with snow in Amsterdam.. I miss those)

[@bushwalker75]

I live in a star fort city in the south West of the Netherlands.

[@JokerNL070]

Tower of pisa is nothing more then a clock tower that use the be part of a cathedral.

[@gerbentvandeveen]

Laatste Visser van Spakenburg / William Heijnen kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6W9dXWeqdGesNk

[@filipebento2099]

We have one in Portugal

[@Sander-zj3wi]

One of the battles of the 80-year war was fought one town over. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Groenlo_(1627) The majority of the surrounding area was plundered. Groenlo still has the moat and a former filled-in section was reconstructed. Also the 1627 battle is re-enacted every two years.

[@fionaalgera3391]

In oktober 2024 it’s time for another re-enactment. People from all over the world come to our little city Groenlo and for a weekend we’re back in the 80 year war. I love it! We’re volunteers and we are doing a lot of background tasks during the event.

[@Caddl123]

If you look in the Rhine valley Bettween Mannheim (himself such a star thing) up until Freiburg im Breisgau. There were and are many of them Rastatt Neuf Brisach in France upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Neuf-Brisach%2C_Haut-Rhin%2C_France.jpg/1200px-Neuf-Brisach%2C_Haut-Rhin%2C_France.jpg And Strassburg and other cities.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Phillipsburg?

[@petermaardananders6803]

When you do a video about the leaning tower of Piza, please also cover the leaning tower of Leeuwarden in Friesland, the Netherlands nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldehove_%28gebouw%29 Oldehove = Old court.