Fort Leopold - Diest

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Fordi Diest spillede en vigtig rolle i forsvaret af det nyetablerede kongerige Belgien, blev byen i 1837-1844 gradvist omgivet af en mangehjørnet fæstning, tolv bastioner og dybe voldgrave.

Bakkerne nord for byen mellem Schaffen og Molenstede udgjorde dog et svagt punkt i forsvaret.
For at beskytte vejene til Beringen, Tessenderlo og Turnhout samt området mellem Schaffense- og Hasseltporten blev det derfor bygget et lille Fort Leopold (med 94 rum) på Lazarijbjerget.
Det skulle også fungere som en buffer mod et eventuelt fjendtligt angreb fra Kempen.

Fæstningen havde altså en dobbelt opgave: på den ene side at forhindre, at byen blev beskudt fra det foranliggende plateau, og på den anden side at beskytte den nordlige byfront mod et muligt angreb. For at kunne holde området under ild fra alle sider blev der valgt et torntype-fort med to etager på cirkulær grundplan med den åbne front mod byen.

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