Dinant - Citadel

 
The citadel of Dinant towers high above the town. There are four ways up to it: the cabin cable railroad (télépherique) behind the collegiate church, a difficult route consisting of 400 steps next to the cable way, the chair-lift to Mont-Fat and a short walk or via the Rue Adolphe Sax and then to the right by the Rue de Saint Jacques. The present-day citadel was built by the Dutch government in 1821 on the site of the episcopal fortresses which had often been destroyed.

Must-see attractions nearby:
A tour through the citadel leads along battlements heavily contested by the Germans and French in 1914, through a bakery and a weapons museum. There is a reconstructed dugout, riddled with bullets, from the First World War.
Address: The Citadel of Dinant, Le Prieure 25, B-5500 Dinant, Belgium
Hours:
January 1 to January 31: 10am-4:30pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
February 1 to March 31: 10am-4:30pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Fri
April 1 to September 30: 10am-6pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Fri
October 1 to December 31: 10am-4:30pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Fri, Fri
Tips: Admission includes cable car.
Guides: Guided tour available as optional extra.

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