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Major Vauban site

  • Villefranche-de-Conflent

    … which mutually cover each other. The town wall with its medieval towers was strengthened at the weak points and … 2 rue Saint Jean  66 500 Villefranche-de-Conflent Visit the website The Fort Libéria Phone number: +33 4 68 96 34 01 www.fort-liberia.com … Located at the hollow of the deep Têt valley, the …
    Département
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Longwy

    … Phone number: +33 3 82 24 94 54 contact@longwy-tourisme.com www.longwy-tourisme.com The fortifications of Longwy are freely accessible. … 1679 Nimeque Treaty, Louis XIV decided to destroy the old medieval town and replace it with a «new town» to form a major …
    Département
    Meurthe-et-Moselle

  • Blaye/Cussac-Fort-Médoc

    … demi-lunes and two gates. He thereby transformed the medieval wall, systematically adapting the existing structures … was a remarkable technical feat and the prototype of a compact sea fort. It enabled cross fire with both banks, … three monuments, built on distinctly different sites, are complementary and today share a common cultural and tourism …
    Département
    Gironde

  • Mont-Dauphin

    … time considered as a modern garrison town, was planned to accommodate 2000 soldiers and as many civilians. Mont-Dauphin is an outstanding … the barracks on the ramparts and the church which was never completed. the stronghold of Mont-Dauphin between 1693 and …
    Département
    Hautes-Alpes

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  • Mont-Royal

    … 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 … fonds cartographiques français et allemands permettent d’étudier Mont-Royal qui n’a pas été réoccupé depuis. … Mont-Royal …

  • Salses

    … Ramiro Lopez, for king Ferdinand of Aragon. It replaced a medieval castle taken by the French in 1496 and restored to … To enhance the defence, Lopez created an original fortress combining medieval and modern fortification. The castle was a …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Château Queyras

    … L’origine médiévale du Château Queyras est attestée en 1265 lors de son rattachement au Dauphiné. Situé à 1 390 … inutile pour la défense, Louis XIII décide de le conserver comme poste de surveillance, d’autant plus sur ce territoire …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Prats-de-Mollo

    … Prats-de-Mollo History and description Situated in the Haut Vallespir, near the sources of the Tech, Prats-de-Mollo was … such as the tour de Mir and the tour de la Guardia (Gardies signifies watch tower in Catalan). The town also … Louvois, the War Minister, persuaded Louis XIV against completing the project but the medieval defensive walls were …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Auxonne

    … Auxonne History and description Medieval town situated on the left bank of the Saône, which … a bastioned fortification from 1668 but ultimately did not come to fruition. It would not be until 1673 that … bastioned fortification was completed during the period 1826 to 1830. The ramparts were repaired after the two sieges …
    Département/Région
    Côte d’Or

  • Le Quesnoy

    … ever since it first came into being. The first urban wall comprised crenelated walls with a protected walkway and … 1314, the Count of Hainaut Guillaume I reinforced these medieval fortifications. In particular, this involved partially replacing the protective medieval wall with a modern urban wall under the Spanish …
    Département/Région
    Nord

  • Saint-Malo

    … Saint-Malo History and description A port town of medieval origin founded in the 6th century, Saint-Malo had its … port of the kingdom of France: city of Corsairs but also of commerce and negotiation. The outbreak of the war of the … he had established a vast defensive plan : the urban medieval wall was to be preserved but reinforced with …
    Département/Région
    Ille-et-Vilaine

  • Sélestat

    … that, the first urban wall was constructed. This urban medieval wall was rebuilt three times (in 1280, then in the … and the arsenal de Saint-Hilaire (1518). The town housed a commandery of the Order of the Hospitaliers since the 13th century. In 1673, the urban medieval wall was finally demolished during the war of …
    Département/Région
    Bas-Rhin

  • Nancy

    … Nancy History and description A town of medieval origins, the Old Town (Vieille Ville) of Nancy had … fortifications built in around the 11th century. These medieval ramparts were repaired multiple times before finally … urban wall of 1550. Only the porte Saint-Nicolas allowed communication between the two towns. The town-planning of …
    Département/Région
    Meurthe-et-Moselle

Project

  • Development of the Campana barracks

    … on each of its two levels. It could therefore house 672 soldiers. Initially the property of the Defence State, it was … these 5 families, three still live in Mont-Dauphin). The commune of Mont-Dauphin bought the Campana barracks from the … then fitted out the offices of the town hall, additional accommodation and workshops in 2004/2005. In 2006, a first …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Commune de Mont-Dauphin
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage

  • Restoration of the fort du Randouillet barrack’s roofs, Briançon

    … to adapt to the constraints of the site. This results in a complex layout on three levels, similar to that of a medieval castle with its keep and inner bailey. … Restoration …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Town of Briançon
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • construction
    • conservation
    • maintenance
    • restoration
    • restoration technique
    • material