Historic Cities
Explore Luxembourg City in 1860
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Historic Places, Rebuilt · City reconstruction
The Fortress of Luxembourg, 1860
Luxembourg in 1860 is the fortress at its final strength: triple rings of bastions, rock-cut casemates and glacis dominate the town and its deep river gorges, garrisoned chiefly by Prussian troops. This walk follows the approach from the plain into the gates, threads the upper town and the Corniche above the Grund, and climbs to the Kirchberg heights to show military works, workshops and the new railway viaduct.
25 scenes, 16 streets, squares and views, 9 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Luxembourg City as it stood in 1860 (“Fortress of Luxembourg”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Road from Arlon
- 2. Porte de Trèves
- ↳ Trier Gate Guardroom · interior
- 3. Boulevard Royal
- ↳ Garrison Canteen and Mess · interior
- 4. Grand Ducal Palace
- 5. Place d'Armes
- ↳ Bandstand Pavilion Interior · interior
- 6. Notre-Dame Cathedral
- ↳ Cathedral Nave and Choir · interior
- 7. Marché aux Poissons
- 8. Bock Promontory
- ↳ Powder Magazine Vault · interior
- 9. Bock Casemate Mouths
- ↳ Rock-cut Casemate Gallery · interior
- 10. The Corniche
- 11. Rue du Fossé
- 12. Grund Tanneries and Gardens
- ↳ Tanner's Beam-and-Tub Workshop · interior
- 13. Railway Viaduct
- ↳ Viaduct Signal Cabin · interior
- 14. Pfaffenthal Quay
- 15. Trois Glands Towers
- ↳ Tower Sentry Room · interior
- 16. Kirchberg Heights View