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The Dutch Fortress Museum (Nederlands Vestingmuseum) is located in the city of
The bastion has an arrow-head shape with five points. The walls consist of two meters of layers of brick. 
To the right side of the bastion there is a water postern. Next to it is the bastion's power room. Near the tip of the bastion there is a mortar
The Dutch Fortress Museum (Nederlands Vestingmuseum) is located in the city of Naarden
Naarden () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and former List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Gooi region in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part ...
, The Netherlands. The Museum was established by volunteers in 1955 at bastion Turfpoort, one of six bastions that give the walled city its distinctive star shape. (During World War II, allied bombers returning to Great Britain from bombing missions used it as a marker.) The fortifications themselves, including the bastions, date from the period 1575-1585, when King Philip II Philip II may refer to:
* Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC)
* Philip II (emperor) (238–249), Roman emperor
* Philip II, Prince of Taranto (1329–1374)
* Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404)
* Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438-1497)
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of Spain ordered them to be constructed.
The museum includes exhibits on the history of fortification, garrison life, the Dutch Water Line
The Dutch Waterline ( nl, Hollandsche Waterlinie, modern spelling: ''Hollandse Waterlinie'') was a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in the early 17th century, and realised by his half brother Frederick Henry. Combine ...
, and the history of the city of Naarden-Vesting. The exhibits are housed in rooms in four casemates
A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
When referring to antiquity, the term "casemate wall" mean ...
; because the casemates consist of a thick layer of earth, temperatures in the rooms are relatively stable, being warm in winter and cool in summer. Above ground, the museum also contains a collection of guns from the 19th Century.
Tourist information
The museum is open all year round from Tuesday through to Sunday. The museum is open on all public holidays except Christmas, New Years Day and King’s Day (27 April). For more information on opening hours, activities and prices, please visit the website: www.vestingmuseum.nl A museum boat conducts tours on the easterly side of the moat from April to October. The boat leaves from a jetty by the waterpostern
A postern is a secondary door or gate in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often located in a concealed location which allowed the occupants to come and go inconspicuously. In the event of a siege, a postern ...
.
Design
The bastion has an arrow-head shape with five points. The walls consist of two meters of layers of brick. Casemate
A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which artillery, guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
When referring to Ancient history, antiquity, th ...
s built into the city walls near the narrow base of the arrow head contained guns that permitted the defenders to fire along the main moat. In the area by the lower right hand flank of the bastion there is a gunpowder testing pole, which gunners in the 17th and 18th Centuries used to test the quality of the gunpowder they received.
To the right side of the bastion there is a water postern. Next to it is the bastion's power room. Near the tip of the bastion there is a mortar casemate
A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which artillery, guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
When referring to Ancient history, antiquity, th ...
with quarters for officers and soldiers and is home to a replica 29 cm mortar.
External links
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