Fort bij Asperen - Het Torenfort

Fort bij Asperen - Het Torenfort and its collection

The Fort near Asperen is a military heritage site and part of the New Dutch Waterline that is on the nomination list for UNESCO World Heritage. The fort is a so-called tower fort that was built from 1840 onwards. Tower forts were often built in the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie. This tower is made of heavy masonry -the outer walls are 1.5 meters thick- and has a diameter of 33 meters. The fort has 3 floors and the layout consists of 3 shells. In the core is a light and air shaft of 5 meters diameter, which goes through all floors. Around it is a ring-shaped room: the corridor. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)