Searching for content on this website

… by transforming it into a coastal battery in 1691. The medieval keep was preserved, reused as a tower and inner …

… engineer Tarade supervised the work. The construction was completed in 1680. A new town, in a pentagonal shape and along an orthogonal outline replaced the pre-existing medieval village. The urban wall included five arrow-headed …

… constructed on the former moats of Ferry, which remained incomplete. castle then fort François Ferry Charente-Maritime … improvements from the Vauban period remain, as does the medieval keep. The latter now houses a marine museum. … Fouras …

… of this new urban wall. The emplacements exposed by the medieval ramparts were transformed into urban islets according … porte de France. However, the projects of Vauban remained incomplete. The decoration of the counterscarp only took place …

… de la Garde (hill of the Guard). The construction did not commence until 1536, and was the first modern construction … long respectively. The entrance gate was included in the smallest front, protected by a drawbridge and preceded with a … similarly to the fort Saint-Jean, but the construction commenced from 1660, led by the engineer Desjardins, and was …

… masonry urbanwall with twenty-eight towers. Having become a border town, Dunkirk kept its urban wall, said to be … Dunkirk. The first building instigated by Vauban was the completion of the English citadel from 1662 to 1666. This … and was completed in 1683 with the demolition of the medieval walls. Two square forts were also constructed …

… started in 1670, directed by the engineer Chazerat, and was completed in 1672. The engineers Simon Vollant and Mesgrigny … station and a canal, that of the Scarpe. Only three medieval remains still stand. The relief map, constructed in …

… occasions to imprison Huguenots, deserters and other soldiers found guilty of wrongdoing. The fort d’Alès still …

… several times during the following century before finally becoming a permanent part of France of Mazarin under the … on modifications by remodelling the citadel, which he completed with the external section and ravelins, as well as … included arrow-headed bastions (certain of which also had medieval towers), preceded by ravelins and a hornwork in front …

… received Sedan and the independent principality it had become under Henri II. The angles of the former castle … its primitive function of a princely residence to instead become solely a military installation. The town and its … occupies the barracks. Numerous activities, including medieval-type shows, falconry shows and “son et lumière” sound …

… based on the Austrian-Sardinian threat. The citadel was completely renovated and its gates were redesigned. citadel … the public. The ramparts were demolished, apart from two medieval towers. … Sisteron …

… was intended to replace the first should Mont-Dauphin not come to fruition. The first project was only partially … the end of the 17th century meant not everything could be completed. In 1791, the engineers of the Revolution proposed … left is two remnants of the fortified past of Embrun: a medieval tower known as the tour Brune (Brown tower) and the …

… escarpé dominant le fleuve Saint-Laurent et situé (comme son nom l’indique) « à l’endroit oů le fleuve se … on assiste à l’avènement de la nouvelle Confédération canadienne en 1867 et au départ définitif des troupes … Défense puisque le régiment francophone de l’infanterie canadienne, le Royal 22e, y a établi son quartier général. La …

… men and three thousand horses are believed to have been accommodated at this site. A settlement project and one to expand the urban wall towards the north did not come to fruition and the camp, which was first established … Current state The centre of the town still retains a medieval tower. The Fort de Charlemont, the exterior of which …

… also equipped with ravelins. This initial construction was completed in 1577 but others followed in the 16th and 17th … Glacis preceded the defensive installation. The citadel was completely remodelled and transformed into a slightly … All that remains is the Saint James bastion and a medieval wall, the towers of which were redeveloped into …

… of the Merovingian kingdom of Austrasia, named Mettis. Becoming an imperial town in the middle Ages, a new urban wall … and the tour Saint-Esprit are what remain of the medieval urban wall. These remains are open to visitors. The relief map constructed in 1825-1826, updated in 1868 (updating suspended following the …

… was implemented to the south-east by the addition of two complete bastions, connected to the urban wall by two demi-bastions. Two ravelins completed these ramparts in 1661. The remainder of the urban … the projects of Vauban still remains, as well as some medieval remains. The Fort de la Bastille has been largely …

… Lille History and description Coming into existence along a meandering stretch of the … Vauban, played off against the Knight of Clerville, was commissioned with its construction on 15 October, 1667. The … War. All that remains are a few portions of walls, a medieval tower, two Spanish gates (Roubaix and Gand), and the …

… 1239 that it was replaced by a urban wall constructed in 1268. The tower became the rectangular keep of a castle, and … the Good) conquered the town in 1443. The fortifications accommodated a restoration and the water was used more … from 1902 to 1903. Nothing has survived other than the medieval tour des Puces, two twin towers and two bastions of …