Fort 7

Fort 7 is a nature reserve in , , which is located on Legerstraat. Access is restricted and requires permission. Fort 7 is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near the neighborhood .
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  • Access is restricted and requires permission.
  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: fort, which is part of the defence line of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Address: Legerstraat 40, Antwerpen

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olympisch Stadion and Sorghvliedt Castle.

Stadium
Photo: KSKB1935, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in . For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events.

Castle
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
is a building in Belgium with a history dating back to the 16th century. It was originally a farm building called Wickeleynde owned by the merchant Jean Plaquet and his wife Maria Leydeckers.

Museum
Photo: Cemtas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum is a sculpture park of 24 hectares in the park part of the Middelheim at . The collection has approximately 400 works of art on display.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilrijk and Hoboken.

Town
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is a district of the municipality and city of in the province of Antwerp. had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1983; the enlarged municipality of Antwerp was decentralized in 2000 and became one of the city's nine districts.

Town
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is a southern district of the arrondissement and city of , in the Flemish Region of . It is located at the river. The name of the district has its origins in Middle Dutch.

Town
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is a southern district of the municipality and city of in the Flemish Region of . is located along the old Grote Steenweg that has connected to Antwerp for several centuries; the town borders the districts of , , and Antwerp and the municipality of .

Fort 7

Latitude
51.165° or 51° 9′ 54″ north
Longitude
4.3775° or 4° 22′ 39″ east
Inception
1864
Operator
Natuurpunt Beheer v.z.w.
Open location code
9F36597G+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 941047942
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q2468403
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Satellite Map

Discover Fort 7 from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Fort 7” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Fort 7”
  • Dutch: “Fort VII”
  • French: “fort 7”
  • French: “Fort 7”

Localities in the Area

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