| Page Views: 1,630 Last Visit to Lillo: July, 2002 | Lillo, the last bastion of the Dutch in Belgium by irisbe - last update: Sep 11, 2006 |
The Dutch Fort at Lillo | map of the fortified city Lillo |
At the border of the river Schelde, North to the city of Antwerp,
Despite the fact Belgium became independent in 1830 we still had two places where we had immense problems of getting our previous occupiers, the Dutch, out of here.
One was at the Southern fort, and there we had help of the French bombing them out with huge canon balls `-)
but then there remained this indefeatable fort at Lillo in the North.
By keeping this fort, the Dutch prevented free entrance over the river Schelde an thus blocking off the Antwerp harbour.
This meant a tremendous economic loss, not only for the city but for the whole of Belgium!
It was until a special treaty in 1839 that the Dutch left, in exchange for some parts of Belgian territories in Zeeuws Vlaanderen and the Limburg. |
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matcrazy1 Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:18 UTC
Hey Dannie, it's a lovely little town. Thanks for sharing very interesting and enjoyable info on Dutch occupants and oil you discovered :-) | husain Mon May 29, 2006 15:25 UTC
Hey Dannie- good to hear from you! Lillo looks like a fascinating city- lots of history. Sajids been busy with his music- preparing for a concert. Will tell him to have a look | Norali Sat Nov 13, 2004 16:10 UTC
Nope... sorry to disappoint, no extra kisses for you on Saturday. | Helga67 Fri Feb 20, 2004 20:36 UTC
De zon scheen vandaag, dus ik dacht, 'k ga nog eens langs Lillo voor wat mooie fotookes :-) |
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