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Location: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

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Bumble-Bee

November 6, 2018

Along the Jeker you can walk a bit on the old city wall and enjoy the view.

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Stephan N

August 17, 2023

he history of Maastricht has been marked by the presence of soldiers for centuries. The Romans were the first to build a fortress, a castellum. This fortress was located on and around the Onze Lieve Vrouweplein. The fortress was designed to protect the very first bridge over the Meuse. At the beginning of the 13th century, Maastricht received city rights and the building of a city wall began. A century later, a second city wall was built around it.

Second City Wall

The second medieval city wall on the left bank of the Meuse was created because band buildings formed on the streets, which were an obstacle to the city's defense. Around the middle of the fourteenth century, a populated area had developed in the Boschstraatkwartier, especially on the north side, where many cloth weavers lived. From about 1375 these "suburbs" were enclosed with a new stone wall. The first city wall was preserved as a reserve defensive belt. From the second medieval city wall, a large part of the southern city wall with some (partially reconstructed) towers and the De Reek water gate in the Stadspark are still preserved.

These building campaigns were the impetus for the development of Maastricht into a fortified city. Due to its strategic location, Maastricht was for centuries one of the most important fortified and garrison cities in north-western Europe.

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bezoekmaastricht.nl/locaties/4261339786/vestingwerken

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Rickimaus

August 3, 2020

Above the city park you can walk a bit along the old city wall. You can enjoy the view up there.

But there is also a richly bearing fig tree and many other flowers and colorful beds.

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Distance 498 m

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 0 m

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Location: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Medieval City Wall of Maastricht

1. Basilica of Saint Servatius – Vrijthof Square loop from Mariaberg

2. Château Neercanne – Jeker River at Molen Nekum loop from Kanne

3. Sint Servaas Bridge – Vrijthof Square loop from Maastricht

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