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  • Rocroi

    … Rocroi History and description The stronghold of Rocroi was created in … disappeared during the construction of the town, which was completed in 1556. This fortified new town was designed in … and a part of the south bastion were demolished in 1926 to facilitate entry into the town. As regards the …
    Département/Région
    Ardennes
  • Château Queyras

    … Château Queyras Les origines médiévales du Château Queyras L’origine médiévale du Château Queyras est attestée en 1265 lors de son rattachement au Dauphiné. Situé à 1 390 … inutile pour la défense, Louis XIII décide de le conserver comme poste de surveillance, d’autant plus sur ce territoire …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes
  • Grenoble

    … Grenoble History and description Founded in Isère of a Gallo-Roman vicus, … was implemented to the south-east by the addition of two complete bastions, connected to the urban wall by two demi-bastions. Two ravelins completed these ramparts in 1661. The remainder of the urban …
    Département/Région
    Isère
  • Louisbourg

    … La fondation de Louisbourg Située dans une baie de l’île Royale (actuelle île du Cape Breton), la ville de Louisbourg … initiale devient un réduit, une petite citadelle qui commande l’ensemble de l’aire avoisinant. Le front de mer est protégé par trois bastions dont …
  • Homburg

    … développe à son pied. Ce château est acquis en 1492 par les comtes de Nassau-Saarbrücken. Ils commanditent les premières adaptations modernes en 1558, … traité de Nimègue. Les interventions de Vauban et de Choisy Vauban visite la ville pour la première fois en février …
  • Ambleteuse

    … Ambleteuse History and description The first modern fortifications were … one first rampart flanked the tower. Work at the site was completed in 1690, during the war of the League of Augsbourg. A basin project, dated from the same year, did not come to …
    Département/Région
    Pas-de-Calais
  • Château du Taureau

    … Château du Taureau History and description A site occupied since the Antiquity, Morlaix remained without marine … by engineers Garangeau and Frézier. The fort was only completed in 1745, at the start of the war of Succession of …
    Département/Région
    Morbihan
  • Fort-Lupin

    … Fort-Lupin History and description The construction of the fort Lupin was decided on in 1683 by Louis XIV to complete the defensive set-up protecting the arsenal of … dry ditch at the side of the battery. Two barracks, each housing four bedrooms, and drilled with embrasures on the land …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Gravelines

    … Gravelines Historique et description A site occupied by fishermen since the 7th century, Gravelines is a new town founded by … not until midway through the 18th century that they were completed with the deepening of the Aa channel in 1740. …
    Département/Région
    Nord
  • Saint-Louis-de-Brisach

    … à la ville forte de Breisach-am-Rhein, dont elle est le complément. (Voir fiche correspondante). Vauban dessine le projet de la ville neuve en 1678. Le plan de cette … ligne face au duché de Bade. Environ cinq cents maisons y ont été construites jusqu’en 1697, année de signature du …
  • Entrevaux

    … Entrevaux History and description A site occupied since the time of the Celts, the town of Entrevaux only emerged under the Merovingians on the right bank of the …
    Département/Région
    Alpes de Haute-Provence
  • La Rade

    … La Rade History and description The isle of Aix had its first modern … from the rest of the isle by a front with a tenaille, comprising two arrow-headed bastions and an inner fortified …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Sète

    … Sète History and description A site occupied since the Antiquity, Sète only became a significant port … wing-shaped structures. At the centre, the nerve core comprised a platform supporting the main artillery battery, …
    Département/Région
    Hérault
  • Mont-Louis

    … Mont-Louis History and description Mont-Louis is one of the new towns, completely created by Vauban. Its creation dates from spring … portion of the Region of Cerdagne, which had not been done since the treaty of the Pyrenees of 1659, twenty years …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales
  • Fort de la Prée

    … Fort de la Prée History and description The fort de la Prée was built from 1625 by D’Argencourt and Le Camus, engineers under Louis XIII. It … passages added. The Germans added additional blocks housing the defensive walls and to the sea front. coastal fort …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Château de Joux

    … Château de Joux History and description The château de Joux was constructed from … by the French in 1674 during the second conquest of Franche-Comté, the Château de Joux became French as of this time. … League of Augsbourg. He added the fourth urban wall, comprising a hornwork, flanked with two crenelated bastions for …
    Département/Région
    Doubs
  • Avesnes-sur-Helpe

    … Avesnes-sur-Helpe History and description A town of medieval origin, … Avesnes-sur-Helpe is the product of two older urban centres coming together, which first emerged around the 10th century … this modernisation, a new relief map was put together in 1826, replacing that of 1725, which had been seized by the …
    Département/Région
    Nord
  • Fort de l’Éguille

    … Fort de l’Éguille History and description The redoubt of Éguille was constructed in … the spit of the same name, it was a tapered square redoubt, comprising a terraced rampart and equipped with twelve shooting …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Redoubt of Sablanceaux

    … Redoubt of Sablanceaux History and description The first fortification along the beach of … the continent. He deemed that the redoubt was insufficient since it was vulnerable to a surprise attack. This was why he suggested replacing it with a square fort with four …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Huningue

    … Huningue History and description Created in the 9th century, Huningue belonged to the Habsburgs of Austria since the 15th century. Ceded to France in 1648 by the … engineer Tarade supervised the work. The construction was completed in 1680. A new town, in a pentagonal shape and …
    Département/Région
    Haut-Rhin
  • Phalsbourg

    … Phalsbourg History and description Phalsbourg was founded around 1570 as a … were left standing in 1650. In 1661, Duke Charles IV was compelled to cede it to Louis XIV and to cardinal Mazarin, … of the king. In 1679, Vauban visited Phalsbourg in the company of Louvois, the war Minister of Louis XIV. He …
    Département/Région
    Moselle
  • Seyne

    … Seyne History and description A town of Gallo-Roman origin, Seyne-les-Alpes had its first fortifications built around 1220 … first wall with bastioned towers. Their construction was completed in 1692. Vauban did not visit Seyne but included …
    Département/Région
    Alpes de Haute-Provence
  • Fouras

    … Fouras History and description A site fortified since the 12th century, the castle of Fouras was … constructed on the former moats of Ferry, which remained incomplete. castle then fort François Ferry Charente-Maritime …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Maintenon Aqueduct

    … Maintenon Aqueduct History and description The creation of the Eure canal was decided … around Pontgouin, was located eighty feet above the basins of Versailles. Vauban was tasked with the … was one of the main obstacles on this route. To overcome it, it was decided to construct an aqueduct. The …
    Département/Région
    Eure-et-Loir
  • Port-Vendres

    … Port-Vendres History and description A town of ancient origins, Port-Vendres … came to nothing. The engineer Rousselot got no further than completing minor fortifications in 1693. Three redoubts … that the Count of Mailly, Lieutenant-General of Roussillon, completed Vauban’s town-planning project. A significant …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales
  • Hébihens

    … Site stratégique pour la protection de la baie de la Fresnaye, très vulnérable lors de débarquements ennemis, l’île des … visant à créer un asile aux navires de pêche. Le comte Louis de Pontbriand, capitaine garde-côte, commandite … à quatre niveaux : un cellier voűté servant de magasin à poudre et vivres, deux niveaux de mousqueterie et une …
    Département/Région
    Côtes-d’Armor
  • Fort Pâté

    … Fort Pâté History and description The fort Pâté is a compact tower with an … and a powder keg. It represents a real architectural feat, since the instability of the ground required the fort to be …
    Département/Région
    Gironde
  • Port-Louis

    … Port-Louis History and description A town of medieval origin, Port-Louis, … was very negative, but he considered that the site itself compensated for the weakness of the port defences, which had become the arsenal of the East India Company, created by
    Département/Région
    Morbihan
  • Perpignan

    … Perpignan History and description Founded on a strategic site since Antiquity, Perpignan became the residence of the … also equipped with ravelins. This initial construction was completed in 1577 but others followed in the 16th and 17th …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales
  • Toul

    … Toul History and description A town of Gallo-Roman origin (Tullum), … situated on a confluent of the Moselle and the Ingressin, Toul had its first fortifications built in 375. This … porte de France. However, the projects of Vauban remained incomplete. The decoration of the counterscarp only took place …
    Département/Région
    Moselle