The Dutch Water Defence lines () is a

UNESCO World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...

in the Netherlands comprising the

New Dutch Waterline The Dutch Waterline (; modern spelling: ''Hollandse Waterlinie'') was a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Maurice of Nassau in the early 17th century, and realised by his half brother Frederick Henry, ...

and

Stelling van Amsterdam The ' (; "Defence Line of Amsterdam") is a fortification line around Amsterdam, which would function as a national redoubt. It comprises 45 forts, as well as dams, dikes, locks, pumping stations, batteries and casemates. The forts are from th ...

. The Stelling van Amsterdam was added as a World Heritage Site in 1996, and was extended in 2021 with the New Dutch Waterline in 2021.

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