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Omwalling, Vesting

Doesburg, Gelderland, Netherlands

The record

Designation
National monument (rijksmonument)
Class
Omwalling
Category
onroerend gebouwd
Address
Vesting, noord v.d. oude loop Oude IJssel Doesburg
Place
Doesburg
Province
Gelderland
Country
Netherlands
Coordinates
52.00961, 6.13734
Monument number
13079

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Zutphania Comitatus" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The register's description

Het in XVIIIa naar ontwerp van Menno van Coehoorn buiten de oude grachten aangelegde Retranchement van Doesburg, t.w. "de Lage Linie" zuidelijk langs de Oude IJssel, omvattende vijf lunetten.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, in Dutch. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

The Retranchement of Doesburg, laid out in the first quarter of the 18th century to the design of Menno van Coehoorn outside the old moats, namely "de Lage Linie" southerly along the Oude IJssel, comprising five lunettes.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Rijksmonumentenregister data: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, released under CC0 1.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed · CC0 1.0
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