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  • Embrun

    … Embrun History and description Agglomeration of Gaulish origin, then a … was intended to replace the first should Mont-Dauphin not come to fruition. The first project was only partially … the end of the 17th century meant not everything could be completed. In 1791, the engineers of the Revolution proposed …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Pinerolo

    … sur la plaine du Pô, la ville de Pignerol apparaît au Moyen Âge et reçoit alors ses premières fortifications. Elle … à transformer l’enceinte urbaine et l’enclavement complet du château médiéval, construits en terre et … rempart bastionné. L’enceinte, maçonnée également, est composée de cinq fronts bastionnés et cinq bastions. C’est …

  • Thionville

    … Thionville History and description Situated in a bend of the Moselle, … 1239 that it was replaced by a urban wall constructed in 1268. The tower became the rectangular keep of a castle, and … the Good) conquered the town in 1443. The fortifications accommodated a restoration and the water was used more …
    Département/Région
    Meurthe-et-Moselle

  • Neuf-Brisach

    … Neuf-Brisach History and description Neuf-Brisach is one of the new towns … from scratch by Vauban. Its construction was intended to compensate for the loss of the fortified town of … counterscarp, and a large glacis. A crownwork comprising two fronts was also included before the north-east …
    Département/Région
    Haut-Rhin

  • Fort Médoc

    … Fort Médoc History and description Fort Médoc is situated on the left bank of the Gironde. It was constructed as a complement to the citadel of Blaye to block access to … are possible year-round by appointment. The triptych comprising the citadel of Blaye, the fort Pâté and the fort Médoc …
    Département/Région
    Gironde

  • Landrecies

    … Landrecies History and description Developed from a Carolingian agglomeration … had its first fortifications built in the 11th century, completed by a castle in 1140, separating the upper and … made to the modern fortifications were realized between 1526 and 1543 by the Spanish, but proved insufficient against …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Camaret-sur-Mer

    … Camaret-sur-Mer History and description The tour dorée (golden tower) of … Brest to ships attempting to disembark. Five years later, incomplete, the tower received its baptism of fire when the … 1944. The tower has been classed as a historical monument since 1907 and is included on the World Heritage List as …
    Département/Région
    Finistère

  • Collioure

    … Collioure History and description Town of Roman origin, Collioure saw its … Following the death of Louis XIV, new constructions commenced at Collioure. The fort Carré and the star tower were constructed from 1726 to 1770 to the north of the town in order to complete the …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Aire-sur-la-Lys

    … Aire-sur-la-Lys History and description A town of medieval origin, … standing. Of the fort Saint-François, known as fort Gassion since an undefined period, just the main gate is left. A … lie in place of ramparts which were demolished in 1893. To complete the study, a relief map of the town should be …
    Département/Région
    Pas-de-Calais

  • Kehl

    … Vauban, Strasbourg est annexée officiellement en 1681 au Royaume de France. Vauban élabore aussitôt d’importants … sont organisés autour d’une cour carrée : logis du commandant de place, casernes, chapelle et magasins. En 1697, il est cédé au duché de Bade par le traité de …

  • Tour de Tatihou

    … Tour de Tatihou History and description The tour de Tatihou was constructed in … intended to protect the roadstead of Saint-Vaast, which had come under attack following a French naval defeat in June … the plans of Vauban. It was a tapered truncated tower, 26 metres in diameter at its base, with walls 3.60 metres …
    Département/Région
    Manche

  • Blaye citadel

    … Blaye citadel History and description A town of Roman origin, … To do so, he continued the modernisation which Pagan had commenced: the medieval urban wall was totally restored and … have been preserved. The citadel, abandoned by the army since 1950, is now used for accommodation and as a tourist …
    Département/Région
    Gironde

  • Fort Barraux

    … Fort Barraux History and description Created in 1597 by the Italian engineer … have originated from the two earlier fortifications, Bellecombe and La Buissière, which had been abandoned twenty … earlier. On 15 March 1598, the construction had just been completed when Lesdiguières took control of the fort, …
    Département/Région
    Isère

  • Saint-Vincent-les-Forts

    … est détruit par un incendie durant l’invasion savoyarde du duc Victor-Amédée pendant la guerre de la Ligue … d’eau de pluie, d’une boulangerie et d’une maison du commandant. Une seconde porte, équipée d’un hourd, perce le … et reprend le projet d’enceinte autour du village en dessinant un rempart à tours bastionnées semi-circulaires, et …
    Département/Région
    Alpes de Haute-Provence

  • Montmédy

    … Montmédy History and description An agglomeration of medieval … a urban wall surrounded the Upper Town (Ville Haute) to complete the defensive set-up. From 1544, Charles Quint … was carved in stone, the parapets were elevated and the incoming and outgoing parade grounds were expanded. The false …
    Département/Région
    Meuse

  • Nîmes

    … Nîmes History and description A town of Celtic origins, Nîmes became a … of the Nantes edict in 1685. The engineer Francis Ferry was commissioned with designing the plans. In 1687, he submitted … still stands. It has been transformed into a university since 1995. While the majority of the internal construction …
    Département/Région
    Gard

  • Brest

    … Brest History and description A town of Roman origin, Brest had the … became silted up. In 1667, the Knight of Clerville, Commissioner-General of the fortifications, set up a project … would only, however, be partially completed (from 1704) since Louis XIV was not interested. However, they still …
    Département/Région
    Finistère

  • Dunkerque (Dunkirk)

    … Dunkerque (Dunkirk) History and description From a small fishing village in the 7th … masonry urbanwall with twenty-eight towers. Having become a border town, Dunkirk kept its urban wall, said to be … attempt at urban expansion was relatively unsuccessful, since the old town continued to grow during the 17th century …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Calais

    … Calais History and description Calais, a town founded in the 10th century … channel to the sea. The urban wall was first adapted to accommodate artillery with the installation of new towers for … to protect locks of the flood defences of Calais. Vauban completely reconstructed it, placing it in the middle of a …
    Département/Région
    Pas-de-Calais

  • Longwy

    … Longwy History and description The agglomeration of Longwy … 1672, razed to the ground by the French. In 1678, after the combat in the war of Holland came to an end and the set-up … as the town planning map. The entire set has been included since 2008 on the World Heritage List as part of the …
    Département/Région
    Meurthe-et-Moselle