Muiden
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Muiden is a city and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It lies at the mouth of the Vecht and is in an area called the Vechtstreek. Since 2016, Muiden has been p
Aerial view of Muiden and Muiderslot
Muiderslot in 2007
Fort Pampus in 2013
Flooding of the area around Muiden in the Old Hollandic Water Line to block French troops in 1672
Dutch Waterline
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The Dutch Waterline was a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in the early 17th century, and realised by his half brother Frederick Henry. Combined with natural bodies of wat
Muiden
…15th century. In 1590 the walls were replaced with earthen mounds with bastions after a design by Adriaen Anthonisz. Muiden was the northern end of the Dutch Water Line. In 1673 the sea lock in the Vecht river was relocated from Fort Hinderdam to Muiden and in 1676 it was expanded with a sea wall along the Vecht mouth…
William III of Orange inspects the Waterline during the Franco-Dutch War
Aerial view of the fortified town of Naarden; with a good view of the star-shaped layout of the earth bastions, designed in the early gunpowder age to place outward guns to force an enemy to keep distance and thus to protect the town proper against shelling
Concrete shelters at Fort Ruigenhoek
Inundation area near fort Ruigenhoek