Mount Saint Peter

Mount Saint Peter additionally called Caestert Plateau, is the northern a part of a plateau going for walks north to south among the valleys of the river Geer to the west, and the Meuse to the east. It runs from Maastricht in the Netherlands, via Riemst in Belgian Limburg almost to the town of Liège in Belgium, for that reason defining the topography of this border place among Flanders, Wallonia and the Netherlands.

The call of the hill, in addition to the close by village and church of Sint Pieter and the citadel of Sint Pieter, refers to Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles. In the part of Mount Saint Peter that is inside the Flemish municipality of Riemst, archaeological proof of an Iron Age fort has been determined. The fortress is one of the strongest contenders for being recognized as the citadel Atuatuca of the Eburones, which performed an vital position in Julius Caesar's commentaries on his wars in Gaul. Dendrochronological evidence become as soon as concept to be counted against this notion, however more recent review of the proof has reinvigorated the idea.