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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 … a firing slot in its fireplace. The name tour dorée comes from the colour of the cement, in red brick. In 1795, a …

… 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 …

… du Grand Donjon was constructed at the same time. This whole fortified development was redeveloped in the 14th century … port of the kingdom of France: city of Corsairs but also of commerce and negotiation. The outbreak of the war of the … parapet. The engineer Garangeau applied the construction on-site, while ensuring it was also continually adapted to the …

… at the same time as the tour de Tatihou (see Tatihou file), during the war of the League of Augsburg. There was a need to protect the harbour of Saint-Vaast, which had come under attack following a French naval defeat in June … tower. For some years, it has been open to visitors. The site, just like the nearby tour de Tatihou, is included on …

… The tour de Tatihou was constructed in 1694 on the île de Tatihou (isle of Tatihou), at the same time as the … the plans of Vauban. It was a tapered truncated tower, 26 metres in diameter at its base, with walls 3.60 metres … of the Manche, has been open to the public since 1992. The site is included on the World Heritage List as part of the …

… origin, Saint-Omer has been fortified since 900, when a castle and a market were installed around the collegial and … Netherlands Spanish, multiple other bastions and ravelins completed the defences. Certain projects remained unrealised … to protect the dykes. All the moats surrounding the site were flooded. fort, then entrenched camp with hydraulic …

… Thionville History and description Situated in a bend of the … 1239 that it was replaced by a urban wall constructed in 1268. The tower became the rectangular keep of a castle, and … of the foreign guards, supervised the construction on-site. In 1677, Vauban advocated the enlargement of the …