Talk:Mariembourg

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A fact from Mariembourg appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that although considered impenetrable when built, the fortress town of Mariembourg (pictured) was taken by French troops after only three days of siege?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 09:31, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Mariembourg, Place Marie de Hongrie

... that the Belgian town Mariembourg (pictured) was built as a fortress at the order of Mary of Hungary, and is named in honour of her? Source: Foe example here (in French)
- ALT1:... that although considered impenetrable when built, the fortress town of Mariembourg (pictured) was taken by French troops after only three days of siege? Source:Menne et al. 2014, p. 302 (offline and in French, sorry)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Adam Naruszewicz
Comment: expanded from a redirect, so basically a new article

5x expanded by Yakikaki (talk). Self-nominated at 12:45, 29 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Yakikaki, review follows: article created from redirect 29 April; article exceeds minimum length and is well written; article is cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing from the online sources; both hook facts are interesting and mentioned in the article, happy to AGF on offline source for both; image is free and appropriately licensed, it also works well at this scale; A QPQ has been carried out. Good to go; the article was a pleasure to read, thanks - Dumelow (talk) 18:50, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Impenetrability question

How was it that a fortification touted as impenetrable could be taken by a short siege not long afterwards? TooManyFingers (talk) 04:22, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]