Fort de Roovere

#142 among destinations in the Netherlands

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Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line, a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in 1628 during the Eighty Years War where it defended against Spanish attackers. It is located near Halsteren. ()

Local name: Fort De Roovere Coordinates: 51°31'44"N, 4°18'4"E

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Noord-BrabantNetherlands

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Fort de Roovere – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gertrudiskerk, De Arend, Zwembad De Stok, Assumburg.

2.4 miS
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Gertrudiskerk, Bergen op Zoom
63 min walk • The Gertrudiskerk is a church approachable from the large market in the center of Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. The towers of the church are called "pepper plant towers". An old legend says Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess of the abbey in Nivelles, founded the church in 654.
3.7 miE
Windmill, Historical place
De Arend
95 min walk • De Arend is a windmill located on the Akkerstraat 11 in Wouw, Roosendaal, in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Built in 1811 on an artificial hill, the windmill functioned as a gristmill.
5.6 miE
51°32'2"N • 4°25'52"E
Zwembad De Stok, Roosendaal
143 min walk • Watersports, Outdoor activities, Tours
5.2 miNW
Windmill
Assumburg
132 min walk • The Assumburg, also known as Het Huis Assenburg, is a windmill located on the Veerweg 1 in Nieuw-Vossemeer, Steenbergen, in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands.
2.4 miS
Library, Historical place, Museum
Markiezenhof, Bergen op Zoom
61 min walk • The Markiezenhof is a late Gothic city palace in the city of Bergen op Zoom, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It was the residence of the Lords and later the Marquises of Bergen op Zoom. The building hosts exhibitions and events.
2.5 miS
City gate
Gevangenpoort, Bergen op Zoom
63 min walk • The Gevangenpoort in Bergen op Zoom is the oldest monument in the city. The gate dates from the 14th century and is one of the surviving examples of city gates as found in Dutch cities in the Middle Ages.
2.1 miS
51°29'55"N • 4°17'28"E
Ravelijn op den Zoom, Bergen op Zoom
55 min walk • City wall
3.5 miW
51°31'55"N • 4°13'10"E
Grote- of Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Tholen
90 min walk • Church
6.1 miSW
Canal
Scheldt–Rhine Canal
156 min walk • The Scheldt–Rhine Canal in Belgium and the Netherlands connects Antwerp with the Volkerak, and thereby the Scheldt with the Rhine.
3.5 miW
Windmill
De Verwachting, Tholen
90 min walk • De Verwachting is a corn mill in Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a round, brick-built tower mill dating from 1848. The mill has many similarities with De Vier Winden in Sint-Annaland.
4.2 miNW
Canal
Eendracht
107 min walk • The Eendracht is a former tidal branch of river Scheldt that has been channelised to form the northern stretch of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal. It flows from the Zoommeer lake near Bergen op Zoom past the town and eponymous island of Tholen towards the former island of Sint Philipsland, where it used to end in the Krabbenkreek estuary.