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  • Sedan

    … Sedan History and description A town which came into being in the 10th … bailey to the north. This was equipped with hemispherical artillery towers and an artillery rampart, while the … received Sedan and the independent principality it had become under Henri II. The angles of the former castle …
    Département/Région
    Ardennes

  • Salses

    … Salses History and description The current château de Salses was … To enhance the defence, Lopez created an original fortress combining medieval and modern fortification. The castle was … along the walls of the main centre. The construction was completed in 1503, at the time of the first French siege …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Fort Cézon

    … Fort Cézon History and description The fort Cézon was constructed on the … by the English, one that Vauban had repelled. The site had already been marked out in 1685 and a project of four … gate was included in this front. Within the ramparts, the complete set-up included barracks, a guardroom, food stores, …
    Département/Région
    Finistère

  • Château d’Oléron

    … Château d’Oléron History and description A medieval town and main agglomeration of … wall with projections and small curtain walls. The engineer Combes proceeded with constructions following the death of …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Fort Barraux

    … Fort Barraux History and description Created in 1597 by the Italian engineer Ercole Negro, the fort Barraux was … have originated from the two earlier fortifications, Bellecombe and La Buissière, which had been abandoned twenty …
    Département/Région
    Isère

  • Bouchain

    … Bouchain History and description A town founded in the 7th century where … years after the town had been taken by the Dutch. The medieval defence system employing water was also improved at the … and constructed a barracks and a powder keg. In 1682, he recommended downgrading Bouchain, considering it of no use. …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Colmars

    … Colmars History and description A town founded by the Romains under the … of a temple dedicated to March), Colmars (or Colmars-les-Alpes) was nothing more than a village when the first … work on the two gates. The remainder of the urban wall was completed by the barbicans and machicolations. In 1692, …
    Département/Région
    Alpes de Haute-Provence

  • Mirepeysset

    … Mirepeysset History and description The site of Mirepeysset (or Mirepeďsset) is linked to the canal du Midi, just like that of Cammazes covered in the file … crossing the Cesse river, encased in a hollow of land in comparison to the level of water in the canal. When he …
    Département/Région
    Hérault

  • Cammazes

    … Cammazes History and description The site of Cammazes is linked to the canal du Midi between the Garonne and the Aude via two of their … the output in Bas-Languedoc. Louis XIV finally decided to commence construction including drilling from 1666. The …
    Département/Région
    Tarn

  • Marseille

    … Marseille History and description Founded by the Greeks in the 5th century … to cut off access towards the roadstead. Its mission scope also included controlling the toll points of the port. This … de la Garde (hill of the Guard). The construction did not commence until 1536, and was the first modern construction …
    Département/Région
    Bouches-du-Rhône

  • Brouage

    … Brouage History and description Situated in a zone of salt rock and … would be channelled back to a part of Brouage, remained incomplete. Only the southern half of the town was able to …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Bayonne

    … Bayonne History and description A town of Roman origin … under the Merovingians, and with at least one urban wall since the 12th century, it was besieged by the Spanish … The works were conducted by the engineer Ferry and completed in 1685. During this construction work, the …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques

  • Nice

    … Nice History and description A town of ancient origin, Nice has been … middle Ages. In the 14th century, the area of the urban wall and the medieval castle peaked. When the county of Nice … on the orders of Emmanuel-Philibert I of Savoy. A hornwork comprising two orillon bastions was built in front of the …
    Département/Région
    Alpes Maritimes

  • Rocroi

    … Rocroi History and description The stronghold of Rocroi was created in … the same year. King Francis I, father of Henri II, had already constructed a small fort in 1545, near to the … disappeared during the construction of the town, which was completed in 1556. This fortified new town was designed in …
    Département/Région
    Ardennes

  • 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 …
    Département/Région
    Meuse

  • Navarrenx

    … Navarrenx History and description Navarrenx emerged in the 14th century. The … of Navarre, lending its name to the agglomeration, was also possible). In 1316, the initial castle was replaced by … a master mason from Bayonne. These constructions were completed around 1547 and were contemporary in comparison to …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques

  • Trarbach

    … Trarbach La ville médiévale Ville médiévale dominée par une colline rocheuse et … par un château fort, dit Grevenburg ( i.e. château des comtes ) édifié après 1357 par le comte Jean III de … en 1681. Au cours des travaux de la place forte de Mont Royal sur la colline en face, qui commencent en 1687, Vauban …

  • Cherbourg

    … Cherbourg History and description A town of Roman origin and a defensive … has had a castle since the 10th century. The first urban wall is thought to have been constructed shortly after. After … importance of the port which faced England. In 1639, the commissioner general of the navy of Louis XIII, Louis le …
    Département/Région
    Manche

  • Château Queyras

    … Château Queyras Les origines médiévales du Château Queyras L’origine … inutile pour la défense, Louis XIII décide de le conserver comme poste de surveillance, d’autant plus sur ce territoire …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • 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

  • Besançon

    … Besançon History and description A town of Roman origin, Besançon has had … there in 58 BC. The town was quickly surrounded by a urban wall and acquired its first bridge, situated at the site of … start of the 17th century, however, this protection had become insufficient. Besieged in 1668, the town was occupied …
    Département/Région
    Doubs

  • Breisach-am-Rhein

    … fortification mentionnée dans un édit de l’empereur Valentinien Ier est un castrum de surveillance du limes du … vers 400, la ville se développe progressivement au Moyen Âge et devient une ville du Saint-Empire romain … 1638 par le duc Bernhard de Saxe-Weimar, général allemand combattant pour les armées de Louis XIII, Breisach est …

  • Guise

    … Guise History and description Agglomeration of Merovingian origin, Guise … and the Count of Flanders, Guise was taken by the royal armies. From 1185 to 1191, the castle was renovated for … bastions of the castle included casemates and corridors for communications with musket firing loops. The construction …
    Département/Région
    Aisne

  • Mézières

    … Mézières History and description Situated in a bend between two arms of the … been situated where the rue du Château currently lies. It also included a castel chapel, constructed in the collegial … by a new one which enclosed them. This urban wall was completed in around the 16th century. The 1500s years thus …
    Département/Région
    Ardennes

  • 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 …

  • Salins-les-Bains

    … Salins-les-Bains History and description Situated in the valley of the river called … of Salins-les-Bains, which was the second town of Franche-Comté in the middle Ages. It was surrounded by an urban wall …
    Département/Région
    Jura

  • Québec

    … escarpé dominant le fleuve Saint-Laurent et situé (comme son nom l’indique) « à l’endroit oů le fleuve se … Dès 1535, il est exploré par Jacques Cartier qui y retrouve le village iroquoien, connu sous le nom de … comporte certains artifices défensifs : meurtrières, galerie de tir avec créneaux ceinturant le sommet des murs, …