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Zandvliet
Sign in to savethumb| Zandvliet () is a former Belgian town forming part of the Antwerp district of Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo. The place dates back to 1135 when it was known as Santflit, meaning "a navigable passage through sand".
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- Locality
- Antwerpen
- Region
- Antwerpen
- Country
- België / Belgique / Belgien
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Antwerp
- Population
- 3847
- Area
- 17.3
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- Antwerpen-Zandvliet, de Sint Gertrudiskerk oeg10856 IMG 8354 2023-09-10 13.05.jpg
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- Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo
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thumb| Zandvliet () is a former Belgian town forming part of the Antwerp district of Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo. The place dates back to 1135 when it was known as Santflit, meaning "a navigable passage through sand".
In 1622 the Spaniard Ambrogio Spinola constructed a fortification with seven bastions around Zandvliet, to strengthen the defenses of Antwerp against the northern Netherlands. The project lasted six years and gave the town the appearance of a citadel. At the beginning of the 18th century France drove Spain from Zandvliet after which the fortress became derelict. Traces of the original fortress can be seen in the street layout of Conterscherp, Zuidvest and Begijnhoeve.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zandvliet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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