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  • Colmars

    … the name Collis Martis (following the presence of a temple dedicated to March), Colmars (or Colmars-les-Alpes) was … work on the two gates. The remainder of the urban wall was completed by the barbicans and machicolations. In 1692, … delegated the architect Niquet and engineer Richerand on site. Niquet restored the medieval urban wall and added five …
    Département/Région
    Alpes de Haute-Provence

  • Prats-de-Mollo

    … History and description Situated in the Haut Vallespir, near the sources of the Tech, Prats-de-Mollo was … around the tour de la Guardia. In April 1670, Vauban visited Prats-de-Mollo. Deeming the destruction of the city … Louvois, the War Minister, persuaded Louis XIV against completing the project but the medieval defensive walls were …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Blaye citadel

    … origin, the first urban wall in Blaye was built in the middle Ages, as well as a castle. These fortifications were … To do so, he continued the modernisation which Pagan had commenced: the medieval urban wall was totally restored and … stock houses were also constructed there. The construction site of the citadel, overseen by Ferry, was completed in …
    Département/Région
    Gironde

  • Nancy

    … description A town of medieval origins, the Old Town (Vieille Ville) of Nancy had its first city fortifications built … urban wall of 1550. Only the porte Saint-Nicolas allowed communication between the two towns. The town-planning of … place Carrière and place Neuve today retrace the site of the rampart, which used to separate the two towns. A …
    Département/Région
    Meurthe-et-Moselle

  • 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 of the same name. It is linked to one of the difficult … 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

  • Maintenon Aqueduct

    … in around 1684 in order to remedy a lack of water in Versailles. The Machine de Marly did not allow sufficient supply to … was one of the main obstacles on this route. To overcome it, it was decided to construct an aqueduct. The … of the valley. The penstocks were never laid, and the site was very rapidly used as a quarry for the local …
    Département/Région
    Eure-et-Loir

  • Bayonne

    … centuries. Abandoned under the Merovingians, and with at least one urban wall since the 12th century, it was besieged … and the New castle. In 1681, Vauban remodelled this ancient site by improving the above installations and designed … The works were conducted by the engineer Ferry and completed in 1685. During this construction work, the …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques

  • 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

  • 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 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 … this modernisation, a new relief map was put together in 1826, replacing that of 1725, which had been seized by the …
    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 … the port, which would never again be totally clear. In 1626, the Cardinal of Richelieu became governor of the town … constructions during the period from 1628 to 1640, the on-site management of which fell to the engineer Pierre de …
    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

  • 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

    … 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 redoubt on the …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Douai

    … 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 also worked on the project. After this …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Bergues

    … Bergues History and description Medieval town, comprising two initial urban centres (the Saint-Winocq abbey … fortifications, in the form of a urban wall and a castle (of the motte-and-bailey type). These walls would be modified and expanded multiple times, particularly in 1383, a year which finally saw the two …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Redoubt of Sablanceaux

    … the beach of Sablanceaux, on the south-east flank of the Isle of Rhé, dates back to 1673, during the war of Holland. It … of a redoubt with a square isthmus dam located at an angle. Later, Vauban recognised the strategic value of this … 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, … constructed. This urban medieval wall was rebuilt three times (in 1280, then in the 14th and 15th centuries), until … 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 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

    … Joux line had disappeared; the Duke of Burgundy Philippe le Bon bought it in 1454. The castle was besieged in 1475 by … and a hemispherical artillery tower. Besieged four times in the course of the 17th century and taken 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)

    … 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. … to the same in 1611. The town was besieged several times by the French, Spanish and English. In 1640, a new urban …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Fort de Blamont

    … had its own fortifications from this date. The first castle was constructed on the hill overlooking the village and … advanced construction. This castle was besieged multiple times in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. During this … 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

    … 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 … a 19th century construction). The water in the moat comes via a system of locks which keeps the water flowing, …
    Département/Région
    Gironde