page_title: Fort de Tancrémont
section_title: Present day
hierarchical_section_title: Fort de Tancrémont / Present day
caption_attribution_description: Català: Tancrémont (Bèlgica): Panorama de les estructures visibles del fort English: Tancrémont (Belgium): The fort - Panorama Nederlands: Tancrémont Panorama van de zichtbare structuren van het fort Français&#160;: Tancrémont: Les suprastructures visibles du fort
context_page_description: The Fort de Tancrémont is a Belgian fortification located about 3 kilometres south of Pepinster. The fort was built in the 1930s as part of the fortified position of Liège, augmenting the twelve original forts built to defend Liège in the 1880s with four more forts closer to the Belgian frontier with Germany. The fort was the last Belgian fort to surrender to German forces in the opening days of World War II, following the dramatic assault on Tancrémont's sister fort, Fort Eben-Emael. Tancrémont has been preserved and may be visited by the public.
context_section_description: The fort is preserved and open for public tours. The main body of the fort, in its defensive enclosure, is just to the south of the main road. Blocks B.O. and B.P. are across the road. The fort is administered by the Amicale du Fort de Tancrémont, descended from the Fraternelle du Fort de Pepinster organized by Captain Devos in September 1942 to reunite the troops of the garrison with their families.
caption: View of the fort's surface
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