From Diekirch we caught a train for the 45 minute journey into Luxembourg City. First stop was Fort Thüngen - formerly an artillery fort which formed part of the city’s defences, it is now a well-stocked museum.
Above and below - fortress guns c1840.
19th century light field gun.
A large diorama which uses 1/72 figures to depict the retreat of the Austrians following the fall of the city in 1795.
I was rather pleased with this sinister shot of Dr. Guillotin’s finest.
A fine 3D diorama of the city fortifications lives under a glazed floor.
The museum contains several fine paintings. This is the Battle of Thionville, 1639.
Detail from ‘General Hatry at the siege of Luxembourg in 1795’.
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