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  • Sedan

    … came into being in the 10th century, equipped with a castle since the 13th century, Sedan was integrated into French … received Sedan and the independent principality it had become under Henri II. The angles of the former castle … known as Palatinat on its north-west flank, and can be visited. A hotel occupies the barracks. Numerous activities, …
    Département/Région
    Ardennes

  • Strasbourg

    … History and description In the Alsace plain, on the left bank of the Rhine, where it meets the Ill and Bruche, … siege conducted by Louis XIV in person for Strasbourg to become French in 1681. After having captured the town, Vauban … the fortifications of Alsace, directed the construction on-site and applied the project of Vauban, which continued up …
    Département/Région
    Bas-Rhin

  • Saint-Vincent-les-Forts

    … Saint-Vincent-les-Forts La construction du fort Saint-Vincent en 1693 … d’eau de pluie, d’une boulangerie et d’une maison du commandant. Une seconde porte, équipée d’un hourd, perce le … l’aide de l’Association des Amis du fort Saint-Vincent. Le site est ouvert au public lors des Journées Européennes du …
    Département/Région
    Alpes de Haute-Provence

  • Villefranche-de-Conflent

    … Villefranche-de-Conflent History and description Situated at … the war of Devolution, the Knight Nicolas de Clerville completed a memoir on the need to fortify … since 1970. All are classed as historical monuments and the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List as part of the …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • 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 and merged to form a single fortified agglomeration from the 12th century. The first …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Bouchain

    … 1164. The first modern constructions took shape under Charles Quint, who added four orillon bastions at the upper town … and constructed a barracks and a powder keg. In 1682, he recommended downgrading Bouchain, considering it of no use. … galleries, two rooms under the Timothée Trimm square, a site of the 19th century and the old moats of the …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Brouage

    … military intention. All that surrounded the town was a single urban wall of earth and wood. However, the Religious wars … constructions during the period from 1628 to 1640, the on-site management of which fell to the engineer Pierre de … 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

  • La Rade

    … La Rade History and description The isle of Aix had its first modern defences installed in 1672. A … from the rest of the isle by a front with a tenaille, comprising two arrow-headed bastions and an inner fortified … projects set out by Vauban and Ferry. The interest in this site comes from the fact that it showcases the posterity of …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Calais

    … The west flank was protected in 1228, by a Philippian castle including a large detached tower. The urban wall was … channel to the sea. The urban wall was first adapted to accommodate artillery with the installation of new towers for … XIV. Vauban, however, was given the task of modifying the site from 1677. His constructions included modifications …
    Département/Région
    Pas-de-Calais

  • Briançon

    … which overlooked the Durance, at the point where five valleys intersected. This small fort was replaced by a medieval … Louis XIV to modernise Briançon. These modernisations commenced with the construction of a first urban wall, … before the final demilitarisation of the fortified sites. Military cable cars were installed to connect the …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Bergues

    … Bergues History and description Medieval town, comprising two initial urban … fortifications, in the form of a urban wall and a castle (of the motte-and-bailey type). These walls would be …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Redoubt of Sablanceaux

    … Redoubt of Sablanceaux History and description The first fortification along the beach of Sablanceaux, on the south-east flank of the Isle of Rhé, dates back to 1673, during the war of Holland. It … 1756, at the start of the Seven Years war. From 1846, the site was upgraded to keep pace with progress in artillery. …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Sélestat

    … Sélestat History and description A town of Carolingian origin, built on the left … and the arsenal de Saint-Hilaire (1518). The town housed a commandery of the Order of the Hospitaliers since the 13th …
    Département/Région
    Bas-Rhin

  • Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

    … Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port History and description A town of medieval origin, … formed along the road to Saint James of Compostela. It received its first urban wall in the 14th century. A castle of the kings of Navarre was mentioned in 1189. This …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques

  • Port-Vendres

    … construction there. In the 1660s, the Knight of Clerville proposed the construction of an important port … there, but the project was abandoned. In 1679, Vauban visited Collioure and Port-Vendres. He set out a military port … came to nothing. The engineer Rousselot got no further than completing minor fortifications in 1693. Three redoubts …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Château-Trompette

    … was constructed in 1453, at the same time as the Hâ castle, under the reign of King Charles VII of France following … project. The construction of the second château Trompette commenced in 1664 and was finished eleven years later, … and architect Nicolas Payen was the person supervising on-site. In 1680, Vauban’s attention turned to the weaknesses …
    Département/Région
    Gironde

  • Château de Joux

    … Château de Joux History and description The château de Joux was … Joux line had disappeared; the Duke of Burgundy Philippe le Bon bought it in 1454. The castle was besieged in 1475 by … by the French in 1674 during the second conquest of Franche-Comté, the Château de Joux became French as of this time. …
    Département/Région
    Doubs

  • Phalsbourg

    … Palatine had to sell it in 1583 to the Duke of Lorraine Charles III. The town was razed during the Thirty Years War, to … were left standing in 1650. In 1661, Duke Charles IV was compelled to cede it to Louis XIV and to cardinal Mazarin, … remained the first minister of the king. In 1679, Vauban visited Phalsbourg in the company of Louvois, the war Minister …
    Département/Région
    Moselle

  • Dunkerque (Dunkirk)

    … Dunkerque (Dunkirk) History and description From a small fishing village in the 7th century … masonry urbanwall with twenty-eight towers. Having become a border town, Dunkirk kept its urban wall, said to be of Burgundy until 1640. Charles Quint later created an initial stronghold there in 1548. …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Kehl

    … Kehl Kehl avant Vauban Située originellement sur une île près de la rive droite du Rhin, à environ … 1388 pour qu’une liaison permanente se crée entre les deux sites. En 1392, des maisons sont installées sur le pont. … sont organisés autour d’une cour carrée : logis du commandant de place, casernes, chapelle et magasins. En …

  • Fort de Blamont

    … Fort de Blamont History and description An agglomeration which … had its own fortifications from this date. The first castle was constructed on the hill overlooking the village and … to the urban wall of the town. The ramparts are still composed of high and thick walls, but Vauban believed …
    Département/Région
    Doubs

  • 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 …
    Département/Région
    Gironde

  • Neuf-Brisach

    … from scratch by Vauban. Its construction was intended to compensate for the loss of the fortified town of … the Thirty Years war. The Treaty of Rijswick of 1697 compelled France to return the Baden area to Austria and to … Mandated by Louis XIV from 1697, Vauban selected the site of Neuf-Brisach due to its proximity to Brisach, while …
    Département/Région
    Haut-Rhin

  • Condé-sur-l’Escaut

    … when canons set up there and skippers began to engage in commerce. A castle was added by the Lord of Avesnes between 1147 and 1170, … Included in the first line of the Pré Carré, Condé was visited by Vauban, who improved the town defences. Redoubts …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Hébihens

    … Hébihens Les origines de la construction de la tour Site stratégique pour la protection de la baie de la … visant à créer un asile aux navires de pêche. Le comte Louis de Pontbriand, capitaine garde-côte, commandite …
    Département/Région
    Côtes-d’Armor

  • Fort Chapus

    … 1690 on a rock bordering the strait which separates the île of Oléron from the continent. The War Minister Louvois commissioned Michel Begon, Intendant of Rochefort, with the … given the problems of stability of the subsoil, at the site which was flooded at high tide. On 19 June, 1691, …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Redoubt of Martray

    … Redoubt of Martray History and description The first fortification on the site of Ars-en-Ré dates from 1627, under Louis XIII. The … in order to block access to the isthmus linking the îsle of Ars to the îsle of Rhé. It was formed of a square …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Douai

    … Douai History and description The town of Douai had its first modern defensive … urban wall of the 14th-15th century has been preserved but levelled out and improved by the addition of a glacis, … started in 1670, directed by the engineer Chazerat, and was completed in 1672. The engineers Simon Vollant and Mesgrigny …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Camaret-sur-Mer

    … Camaret-sur-Mer History and description The tour dorée (golden tower) of Camaret-sur-Mer … construction can be considered among the significant examples of transformation and reinforcement of the defences of … Brest to ships attempting to disembark. Five years later, incomplete, the tower received its baptism of fire when the …
    Département/Région
    Finistère

  • Embrun

    … the town, which was finally taken by the protestant Lesdiguières in 1585 and ruined. Under the protestant … Embrun was taken and stricken. The following year, Vauban visited it and set out a memo for the defence of the city. … was intended to replace the first should Mont-Dauphin not come to fruition. The first project was only partially …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes