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    February 19, 2023

    Fort bij Vijfhuizen is a fortress of the Defense Line of Amsterdam. It is located near Vijfhuizen on the western edge of the Haarlemmermeer between Haarlem and Hoofddorp. There is a restaurant in the fort.

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      July 30, 2023

      The fort is also called Kunstfort, because it is a location where visual art is exhibited.

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        The fort near Vijfhuizen is part of the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a 19th-century line of defense around the capital. The Defense Line consists of a ring of forts, batteries, numerous dikes, locks and inundation polders. With the threat of an enemy army, dikes would be breached and a gigantic ring of water was created. The Defense Line is a pinnacle of defensive and hydraulic engineering and was declared World Heritage by Unesco in 1996.

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