Fort Lillo

Fort Lillo is a former military fort built as part of the Antwerp Defence Line on the right bank of the Schelde, and completely surrounded by the industrial port of Antwerp.

[1] Along with Fort Liefkenshoek on the opposite bank of the Scheldt, these heavily armed defences proved a formidable obstacle to attacking forces.

"Lillo Crossroads") were evacuated in 1958 then demolished and razed to allow the expansion of the port of Antwerp.

Fort Lillo shared the fate of three other polder villages: Wilmarsdonk, Oosterweel, and Oorderen.

Fort Lillo has been preserved and is today part of the "ethonological polder" historical ground north of Antwerp.

Plan of Fort Lillo, 1650
Fort Lillo: the small rectangular building is the powder store with the church of St. Benoit on the right.