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Memorial Ravelijn and Landpoort Willemstad

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Memorial Ravelijn and Landpoort Willemstad

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Memorial Ravelijn and Landpoort Willemstad

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    Location: Moerdijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

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    September 25, 2024

    The Ravelijn and the Landpoort in Willemstad were part of the Zuidwaterlinie. This line was constructed during the 17th century. A long waterline with forts in between that were supposed to stop the enemy from the south. These defenses were in use before and during the First World War. The line was put back into use before the Second World War but played no significant role in the May days of 1940. Parts of the forts were still used by the Germans in the Second World War.

    Source: tracesofwar.nl/sights/130920/Ravelijn-En-Landpoort-Willemstad.htm

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      September 25, 2024

      Where outside the built-up area of Willemstad on the southeastern exit road, the Landpoortstraat turns into the Steenweg, lies in the ravelin from around 1749 a MONUMENT from 1918. It commemorates, among other things, the demolition in that year of the Landpoort, located in the fortress front between the bastions of Friesland and Overijssel. In the ravelin there are also two cannon barrels from 1811.

      Description of the memorial. This memorial consists of a square concrete base with a white painted plinth of three steps, above which a small natural stone obelisk is constructed from five blocks, supported by four consoles. The obelisk's saving fields each contain two bas-reliefs: above alternately the heraldic coats of arms of the Netherlands and Willemstad, below crossed objects to illustrate the lines of text filled in black in the plinth. The monument lies with a straight side parallel to the road. The texts with corresponding objects and heraldry are as follows:

      roadside: MOBILISATION 1914-1918 ARMY AND PEOPLE ONE! - crossed cannon barrels and crown - Willemstad coat of arms; Land gate side: O. NETHERLANDS! LET OP U SAECK DE TIJT EN STONT IS DAER! - crossed swords and olive branch - Netherlands coat of arms; canal side: UNVEILED AT THE DEMOLITION OF THE LAND GATE. AUGUST 1918. - helmet, shovel and pickaxe - Willemstad coat of arms; landside: THE FATHERLAND FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH - guns and banners - Netherlands coat of arms.

      Source: monumenten.nl/monument/521727

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