Fort Sint Pieter has stood proudly atop the Sint-Pietersberg for more than 300 years. The main task of the fort was to protect the strategically located city of Maastricht.

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Didada

July 29, 2022

Cycling

Fort St. Pieter marks the end of the Pieterpad, Holland's most famous long-distance hiking trail, which starts at Pieterburen in Groningen. The almost 500-kilometer route runs through the eastern provinces to Maastricht and ends at the fort. It is hard to imagine a more beautiful place to end this hike.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

May 16, 2018

Hiking

On St. Pietersberg stands Fort St. Pieter, built at the beginning of the 18th century. Originally it had a military function and the Maastrichtians defended themselves here against the French. …

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Location: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

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