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The Burnt Fort

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The Burnt Fort

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The Burnt Fort

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Location: Damme, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Damse Vaart Route

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2. Zuidervaartje Damme – Market Square Damme loop from Koolkerke

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3. Damse Vaart – Market Square, Damme loop from Damme

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December 1, 2021

Do you still smell it The smell of burned wood? No, just kidding, that should be impossible. Because the fire we are talking about dates back hundreds of years. So if it smells burnt, it's because someone nearby is baking stick bread on a campfire.

But back to the history of the place: In 1703, during the War of the Spanish Succession, French troops built a hill here, i.e. a fortification, in order to be able to better defend the larger Fort van Beieren (more of it has survived, by the way - take a look at it !).

The hill belonged to the classic type of a square hill with a ditch, a forecourt and a defensive wall. In the middle was a wooden watchtower that burned down at some point, hence the name "Burned Fort".

Today the area of the former fort is a protected nature reserve with wet meadows. Here you can watch geese, water birds and meadow birds foraging for food.

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Viviane

September 24, 2022

Nice to walk here in all those different shades of green

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Leo Pas

May 7, 2022

remnants of eighty years war between the Netherlands and Spain

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Elevation 40 m

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Location: Damme, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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