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Naarden Fortress
Naarden Fortress: De kazematten voor Naarden in 1814 Rijksmuseum SK-A-1372
Naarden Fortress: Wallen Naarden-Vesting
Naarden Fortress: Grote Kerk, Naarden-Vesting

Photo: Pieter Gerardus van Os · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Star fort · Naarden, Netherlands

Naarden FortressSuspected

On the globe
Dated
Bastions from 1675–85
Declared purpose
Fortified town
Today
Survives, town and museum
Region
Europe
Architect of record
Adriaan Dortsman, engineer: about 40 when credited (1675, born 1635). Build time on record: .All architects of record →
On the list as
Suspected

Why it's on the list

A whole town inside six bastions and a double ring of moats, in the same star geometry found worldwide.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A whole town inside a double ring of star-shaped bastions and moats.

  1. Why researchers flag it

    A whole town inside six bastions and a double ring of moats, in the same star geometry found worldwide.

  2. Double ring

    Six bastions and a double ring of moats form the star.

  3. Still lived in

    People still live inside the walls.

  4. Architect of record

    Adriaan Dortsman (born 1635) was about 40 when credited with the design in 1675. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.

Questions worth asking

  • Why the same geometry as forts on other continents?

Possible original uses

  • Fort town

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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