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Fort Kessel

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Fort Kessel

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Location: Nijlen, Mechelen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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Jeff S

March 6, 2022

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You can walk around it completely...

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Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷

February 28, 2022

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The Fort van Kessel was built in 1909-1912 to protect the Antwerp-Herentals and Kleine Nete railway line. At the start of the First World War, trenches were dug and barbed wire laid up to Fort van Lier. Almost no passage was left, and all the cattle were brought within the ring of the forts. In 1914 the fortress was heavily destroyed by the German Fat Berthas.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

November 30, 2025

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Fort Kessel is a concrete armored fort built shortly before the First World War. Along with 29 other fortifications, it forms the outer fortification belt of the Antwerp fortress. The …

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Location: Nijlen, Mechelen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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