The remnants of the ramparts and historic dwellings of Antwerp will briefly be exposed again during tram and road works in the framework of the Noorderlijn project.
The new tram line in the Rijnkaai south area runs through archaeological remnants of the sixteenth-century ramparts and of the historical residences and harbour inlets.
The Bastion of Huidevetters Tower or the Tanners’ Tower is one of the nine bastions of the Spanish ramparts and was built near the medieval Huidevetters Tower.
A new square will be built in front of the Opera. During the works, the sixteenth-century Kipdorpbrug bridge, bastion and the city ramparts will be excavated.
In the sixteenth century, the Red Gate site consisted of a gate, a bridge, two bastions and the “Houwer”, a drinking water reservoir. Nothing was preserved above ground level.
In 2018, Sint-Jansvliet will be rebuilt to create more space for the basketball court and the surrounding terraces. That is why the city’s archaeologists in early March 2016 will determine the exact location of these remnants and the state they are in.
In 2018 wordt de Sint-Jansvliet heringericht zodat er meer ruimte komt voor het basketbalveld en de terrassen. Daarom onderzoeken stadsarcheologen begin maart 2016 waar de restanten van de vliet zich bevinden en in welke staat ze zijn.
