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… Prats-de-Mollo History and description Situated in the Haut Vallespir, near the … Louvois, the War Minister, persuaded Louis XIV against completing the project but the medieval defensive walls were …

… Mont-Royal Une ville neuve éphémère }} Situé sur une colline … redentées successives. Les flancs ouest et est ne sont composés que de murailles à pic sur les pentes rocheuses … totale à mille cinq cent personnes, venues de tous les coins de France. Cette population possède une juridiction …

… line of counts of Ponthieu and constructed the first urban wall around the town in 990. This first urban wall included … works. The bastion de Longueville, also known as the Quatre Coins (‘Four Corners’), was constructed under his reign … Longuetown was modified. However, these projects remained incomplete at the time of his passing in 1610. The cardinal of …

… Antibes History and description A town of Greek origin, founded by the Phoeceans around 430 BC, the first urban wall in Antibes was built in Late Antiquity. In medieval … excesses. On each occasion, the town was conquered and completely devastated. To guard against any repeat, Francis …

… 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 …

… Belfort History and description Medieval town, the origins of which can be … into a citadel. This regularisation of the route was also accompanied by an expansion of the perimeter of the urban …

… Fort de Bouc History and description The site of the tour du Bouc has been … construction intended to protect the entrance of the canal de Caronte from marine invasions. Nicolas Claude Fabri de … vaulted and linked by a spiral staircase. The garrison accommodated here included ten men and their captain. This …

… Sisteron History and description A site which has been occupied for 4000 … was east-facing. The remainder of the enclosure included a wall with buttresses flanked with round echauguettes with … based on the Austrian-Sardinian threat. The citadel was completely renovated and its gates were redesigned. citadel …

… Tour de Socoa History and description Located not far from the Spanish frontier, the site of Socoa (the corner in Basque) comprised a cap formed by a rocky outcrop, said to be of the Altha, allowing the roadstead of Saint-Jean-de-Luz by the …

… Condé-sur-l’Escaut History and description A town of Gallo-Roman origin, Condé did … when canons set up there and skippers began to engage in commerce. A castle was added by the Lord of Avesnes between …

… Seyne History and description A town of Gallo-Roman origin, … first wall with bastioned towers. Their construction was completed in 1692. Vauban did not visit Seyne but included …

… 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 …

… Port-Vendres History and description A town of ancient origins, Port-Vendres … proposed the construction of an important port arsenal there, but the project was abandoned. In 1679, Vauban … came to nothing. The engineer Rousselot got no further than completing minor fortifications in 1693. Three redoubts …

… Verdun History and description Situated along the Haute Meuse and with … several times during the following century before finally becoming a permanent part of France of Mazarin under the …

… Saint-Paul-de-Vence History and description A town of medieval origin, … the July Monarchy, the ramparts underwent a restoration completed to repair the damage caused by their abandonment …

… Port-en-Bessin History and description The artillery tower of Port-en-Bessin was … the port of the same name against the Anglo-Dutch naval raids, during the War of the League of Augsburg. The engineer Benjamin de Combes completed it in based on the models of Vauban. The …

… Fort de Bellegarde History and description The Bellegarde hill (420 m. alt.) dominates the Perthus pass (271 m.) perched on the … however. In March 1668, the Knight of Clerville, Commissioner-General of the fortifications, visited the site …

… Le Palais History and description The largest of the Breton isles saw the … and the July Monarchy, to be later continued and completed under the Second Empire (around 1860-1870), the … to be added to the north of the citadel but ended up incomplete. As for the citadel, it was completely restored …

… 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 …

… Homburg Les premières fortifications Situé dans une vallée barrée en partie par une colline rocheuse, le site … développe à son pied. Ce château est acquis en 1492 par les comtes de Nassau-Saarbrücken. Ils commanditent les premières … traité de Nimègue. Les interventions de Vauban et de Choisy Vauban visite la ville pour la première fois en février …

… Embrun History and description Agglomeration of Gaulish origin, then a … century, the Dauphins (sovereigns of the independent principality of Dauphiné) possessed a fortified palace in the town. … was intended to replace the first should Mont-Dauphin not come to fruition. The first project was only partially …

… Maubeuge History and description Originating from a Merovingian monastery … on the isle (now gone) of la Sambre, as well as an initial urban wall of unknown origin. In 1339, Count William de … frame of two medieval gates is preserved. The construction commenced in 1679 and was completed in 1685. The new urban …

… Concarneau History and description The site of the rock of Concarneau has … but it was not until the 10th century that an initial urban wall with palisade fencing was constructed. Moats … with new firing chambers. A project from 1694 remained incomplete. In 1837, the July Monarchy modernised the site by …

… Pinerolo Pignerol avant Vauban Située au débouché d’une vallée 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 …

… Montreuil-sur-Mer History and description Noted in literature since the time of the … Carolingians, Montreuil-sur-Mer was the only port of the royal domain between 987 and 1204. The town, constructed on a … adapted to archers. These ramparts were modernised several times, notably to adapt them for firearms. Ravaged in …

… Collioure History and description Town of Roman origin, Collioure saw its … Transformed multiple times, the castle took on its general shape in the 13th century under the Kings of Majorca. In … Following the death of Louis XIV, new constructions commenced at Collioure. The fort Carré and the star tower …