ðə sˈaɪt ɪz ɐ stɹətˈiːdʒɪkli ɪmpˈoːɹtənt ɡˈeɪtweɪ tə lˈʌksəmbˌɜːɡ sˈɪɾi, ænd wʌz ðˈʌs ɹᵻpˈiːɾᵻdli fˈɔːɹɾᵻfˌaɪd baɪ səksˈɛsɪv ɹˈuːlɚz fɹʌm ɐbˌaʊt ðə fˈoːɹtiːnθ tʊ ˈeɪtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹiz.
The site is a strategically important gateway to Luxembourg City, and was thus repeatedly fortified by successive rulers from about the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries.