Fort de Battice
The Fort of Battice is a Belgian fortification located just to the east of the town of Battice. The fort was built in the 1930s as part of the fortified position of Liège, augmenting the twelve original forts built to defend Liège in the 1880s with four more forts closer to the Belgian frontier with Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vberger, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Six Fontaines and Hôtel de Ville de Herve.
Hôtel de Ville de Herve
Town hall
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hôtel de Ville de Herve is a town hall, which is situated 3 km west of Fort de Battice.
Église Saint-Sébastien
Church
Photo: Sampont, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Église Saint-Sébastien is a church, which is situated 3 km northwest of Fort de Battice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battice and Thimister.
Fort de Battice
- Type: Fort
- Categories: military museum, historic site, military installation, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Thimister-Clermont, Arrondissement of Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.64699° or 50° 38′ 49″ northLongitude
5.83448° or 5° 50′ 4″ eastOpen location code
9F27JRWM+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 174643571OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q1305509
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Fort de Battice” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴蒂斯堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Battice”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن باتيس”
- French: “fort de Battice”
- French: “Fort de Battice”
- German: “Fort Battice”
- Luxembourgish: “Fort de Battice”
- Polish: “Grupa warowna Battice”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Батіс”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Les Aigles Battice and EBSA - Tir de Battice.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort de Battice”. Photo: Vberger, Public domain.