Fortified Position of Liège - Fort de Fléron

On the backside of the area, one of the last visable remains of the fort can be seen. On the Rue de la Clef (N3). The fort was triangle shaped. When you view the map on side of the text you will still recognise the shape of the triangle in the urban enviroment.

The fort has been buried under a park and is surrounded by a neighbourhood of social housing.

This fort cannot be visited.

The only access to the fort is still through the the bunker under the ventilation tower.

Only a few remains of the fort are visible. That is the bunkers at the tip of the triangular fort. This was a two-story bunker, the upper part, which is still visible. In this part there were 4 gun rooms for machineguns and searchlights. In the lower part also 4 rooms for machineguns, the latrines and the emergency exit. The firing direction was not to the outside ! but to the inside of the fort to defend the long tank trench that ran to the two sides of the triangular fort.

Also still partially visible is part of the turret of salient 3. This turret was equipped with a 75 mm cannon and is located in the eastern corner of the fort.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski