Museum of Fine Arts

Submitted by gerda on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 12:13

In 1567, the Spanish king ordered that a citadel be built in Antwerp. For over three hundred years, this gigantic edifice defined the skyline of the southern city fringe. The citadel’s military use ended with the construction of new ramparts and a belt of fortresses in the 1860s. It was demolished in 1874. The newly freed up land offered a lot of opportunities. An entire new district was built. A museum of fine arts was installed near the citadel and the Fernando Bastion. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts opened to the public in 1890. Traces of the former citadel wall were excavated during a recent dig under the museum.

Link: 
Website Belt of fortresses
Credits for the illustrations
GISid: 
038
Afbeelding: 
Alva, the Duke of Toledo, ordered that the citadel of Antwerp be built
The citadel in the sixteenth century
Eighteenth-century map of the citadel, indicating the various bastions
Projection of the citadel on the street map of the present-day 'Zuid' quarter
The wall of the Fernando Bastion during a dig in the museum garden, 2016
The floor of a casemate of the Fernando Bastion during a dig in the museum garden, 2016
Demolition of the citadel in 1874
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts around 1914
Latitude: 
51.21
Longitude: 
4.39
Meer info: 
De Citadel of dwangburcht

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