Fort 7 - Antwerpen
In 1874 Henri-Alexis Brialmont was promoted to major-general and was appointed to oversee the fortifications of Belgium's major port, Antwerp, the same year.
Fort 7, like the other Brialmont forts, was built out of brick in 1860-1864 with beautiful masonry and decorations in natural stone. However, this fort, like Fort 8 Hoboken, has higher ramparts than the other forts.
The fort is quite integrally preserved with many historical elements, such as the various original entrance gates, the wooden officer's house and the 19th-century graffiti on the walls. Yet all the buildings are empty and in poor condition. The fort is protected as a monument.
The powder rooms of the main front building are still recognizable to a connoisseur by the presence of the cavity walls, the original wooden floor construction, the aeration slots with metal grilles and the bronze frame of the lighting niche.
The powder rooms still have original shutters. The laundry room on the first floor of the reduit still has its original hardstone sink and water drain, brick floor and the openings of the latrines.
Scattered throughout the buildings are many historical elements, such as the different types of the original wooden entrance gates, doors and shutters, the cast iron toilets in the dry moat and in the courtyard of the reduit, 19th-century graffiti on walls, and ammunition elevators.
A number of sheds have been added. A small part of the moat on the north side is muted. The fort is almost entirely preserved, with an almost complete moat and two bridges, including the original artillery entrance, reduit entrance and one of the holtravers.
Read MoreFort 7, like the other Brialmont forts, was built out of brick in 1860-1864 with beautiful masonry and decorations in natural stone. However, this fort, like Fort 8 Hoboken, has higher ramparts than the other forts.
The fort is quite integrally preserved with many historical elements, such as the various original entrance gates, the wooden officer's house and the 19th-century graffiti on the walls. Yet all the buildings are empty and in poor condition. The fort is protected as a monument.
The powder rooms of the main front building are still recognizable to a connoisseur by the presence of the cavity walls, the original wooden floor construction, the aeration slots with metal grilles and the bronze frame of the lighting niche.
The powder rooms still have original shutters. The laundry room on the first floor of the reduit still has its original hardstone sink and water drain, brick floor and the openings of the latrines.
Scattered throughout the buildings are many historical elements, such as the different types of the original wooden entrance gates, doors and shutters, the cast iron toilets in the dry moat and in the courtyard of the reduit, 19th-century graffiti on walls, and ammunition elevators.
A number of sheds have been added. A small part of the moat on the north side is muted. The fort is almost entirely preserved, with an almost complete moat and two bridges, including the original artillery entrance, reduit entrance and one of the holtravers.
