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Wallonie

Fort of Huy

Wallonie

Fort of Huy

Highlight • Historical Site

Fort of Huy

Hiking

4.6

(56)

Cycling

4.6

(51)

Road cycling

5.0

(2)

Location: Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

November 9, 2023

Hiking

The fortified castle of the prince-bishops was destroyed in 1717 after the Treaty of Paris; from 1818 to 1823 the Dutch built the current fort on this site. The fort, which towers over the city, played an important role during the Second World War as a place of detention for more than 7,000 prisoners.
Source: huy.be/ma-commune/decouvrir-huy/historique

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

November 10, 2023

Hiking

After the invasion of the German Wehrmacht in May 1940, the fort was used as a Gestapo prison and as a collection camp. Around 6,000 Belgians and 1,240 French were held here, primarily resistance fighters and opponents of the regime.
Source: erinnerungsatlas.eu/orte/museum-des-widerstands-im-fort-huy

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

November 10, 2023

Hiking

Below the complex there are three memorial stones for the five resistance fighters who were executed at this location in April 1944, for the forced laborers and for the prisoners and resistance fighters who died in the citadel.
Source: erinnerungsatlas.eu/orte/museum-des-widerstands-im-fort-huy

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#1.

Notre-Dame de la Sarte Church – Fort of Huy loop from Huy

6.85km

02:13

280m

280m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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#2.

Fort of Huy – View of the Meuse River loop from Huy

7.25km

02:05

180m

180m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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#3.

Fort of Huy – Solières Valley. loop from Huy

10.9km

03:06

230m

230m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Elevation 190 m

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Location: Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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