Maastricht Fortress of St Peter

This years expedition was to the Limburg Capital of Maastricht were we visited the St Peter Fortress. In 1672 the St Peter Hill was used by the French to bombard the city and near the city using the hill's cave system (the rock is used as a building material), so the Estates General ordered a new fortress to be build to protect the city, which went rather well. In 1701 the fortress with a great view on the surrounding landscape and the river Meuse was finished.

It is also possible to visit the cave system itself but it is not possible anymore to go from the caves to the fortress, as some of the corridors have collapsed.

Maastricht has a lot to offer, some of the old city walls are standing there as well, as the first picture shows.

Maquettes ~ City models

Op de facebookpagina van Mr Yves Roumegoux gevonden, een link naar een artikel over de maquettes van Lodewijk XIV en zijn opvolgers, waarvan er zo'n 100 zijn overgebleven.


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Blatantly stolen from mr Yves Roumegoux's facebook page, a link to an article on Louis XIV city models. Read and enjoy.

Schansen en forten ~ Sconces and fortresses

Een aantal fraaie prenten wederom, de eerste van Edward Wells BV, voorstellende de inname van Nieuweschans, met daaromheen afbeeldingen van andere schansen in de Provincie Groningen. Let op: de Bellingwolderschans is dezelfde als de Oude Schans! De gekleurde plaat komt van de beeldbank 'Geheugen van Nederland' , is van 1649 en komt uit de collectie van het (Amsterdamse) Scheepvaartmuseum.

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Some more plates again, the first one depicting the storming of the fortress of Nieuweschans, courtesy of Edward Wells BV, surrounded by pictures of various sconces and fortresses in the Province of Groningen. Unfortunatly, the editor of the page didn't know that the Bellingwolderschans is the same as the Oudeschans (litt: Old Sconce). The second pic comes from the image bank 'Geheugen van Nederland' and comes from the collection of the Amsterdam Maritime Museum.