European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Below a group of tourists huddles beneath umbrellas on top of one of the Cas Ematz Bock towers. At left a Cannon pointed through an opening in the thick walled fortress stands guard Over toe Hills beyond  s Story and photos by Jim Derheim staff photographer after a thousand years the dust has settled finally in the Miles of mole tunnels running through the Man made mountains of Luxembourg. The cannons of the casimates whose booming barrages protected the City from the spaniards French burgundian and austrians had already been silent for 60 years when the germans came storming through the Valley in the first world War. The Stone casimates of Bock were my Refuge from an autumn Shower. As the soundless rain fell past the loopholes where mighty guns once poked their muzzles i thought of the shelter these Miles of tunnels had provided in the past. In 963, count Sigefroi built his Castle and helped create what would become Luxembourg. Through the invasions of the next four centuries the violators of this tiny 998-Square-mile country added their cunning additions to the casimates turning them into a web of defense Toat proved indestructible. For hundreds of years the tunnels Felt the pounding of the footsteps of men racing from gun emplacement to ammunition storage shelter. Cavernous rooms held horses whose terrified eyes must have shone like beacons the w5kfm 6? huge boulders against the Walls from their catapults. The evidence is in Mere dents made against the fortress. Even in 1867, when the citizens tried dynamite to blow to 6 Caiji ats a a a a splay of their desire for neutrality the demolition teams Only succeeded in erasing some of the superficial towers and exterior Walls. It was a Good Hing for the City that they failed. In the two world wars to Silt Quot h a a a 35 a a of its citi2ens took German bombs. In my imagination i can seethe huddled masses and feel their terror As a former tourist Attis that few had Ever bothered to visit became their place of Refuge. A today those who visit the casimates of Bock and its neighbor the casimates of the Petrusse can see part of the underground network of tunnels that once covered 40,000 Square meters beneath the City. There Are still 15 Unnes accessible. The rest of the system was sealed off during the drive toward neutrality in the late i k what is left of the bakeries workshops s Aughter houses and quarters is enough to give the visitor to Luxembourg a feel for the past a a besieged City that has finally found peace in its tunnels. Those who visit Luxembourg will notice the casimates upon arriving in the City via Highway 2. Follow the White signs to the Centre. Parking is limited so the Best idea is to Park in any of the Park garages in the Centre. The casimates Are a Short walk from the tourist office at place rmes. For More information Call the Luxembourg i oust office at 00352-27565. 4 stripes Magazine november 15,1990 the City of Luxembourg is protected by old City Walls parts of which were built 600years ago. Below a look through the Arches of the Casem Ca  a i or adj. A a a two Juir f a >5 to it St a ,xvwss.v4v.v.-.wx.w a i a i \ p by Mill jilt it. A a children climb on a railing near an old Cannon emplacement to see what the City s guards could see hundreds of snare november 15, 1990