‘s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

‘s-Hertogenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: literally “The Duke’s Forest”, in French and historically in English: Bois-le-Duc) is a city and municipality in the southern Netherlands.

It was founded as a fortified city and used the surrounding marshes as additional protection against siege.

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• Wikipedia entry on ‘s-Hertogenbosch
• Fortified places entry
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blaeu_1652_-_%27s_Hertogenbosch.jpg#filelinks

Background from Wikipedia