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… La fondation de Louisbourg Située dans une baie de l’île Royale (actuelle île du Cape Breton), la ville de … bastionnées, localisées sur les points dominants du site. Ce projet devient rapidement plus substantif. De … initiale devient un réduit, une petite citadelle qui commande l’ensemble de l’aire avoisinant. Le front de mer …

… Bitche La citadelle de Bitche au XVIIe siècle Construite à l’emplacement d’un … du traité de Rijswick. La citadelle de Cormontaigne Le site reste dépourvu de fortification jusqu’en 1737, année de … with the relief map at a 1/600 scale from 1825-1828, restored and updated in 1852-1853, and a collection of arms; …

… a urban wall and acquired its first bridge, situated at the site of the current Battant bridge. Originally restricted by … hill of the future citadel, Besançon spread out in the middle Ages on the right bank. The urban wall was expanded to … chapel and a powder keg, while the barracks, the gunpowder store and the cistern, dating back to the Spanish period, …

… agglomeration of Longwy emerged at the end of the High Middle Ages, and had its own castel site in around the 11th century. The original village … 1672, razed to the ground by the French. In 1678, after the combat in the war of Holland came to an end and the set-up …

… Homburg Les premières fortifications Situé dans une vallée barrée en partie par une colline rocheuse, le site d’Homburg est occupé au moins depuis l’époque romaine. … développe à son pied. Ce château est acquis en 1492 par les comtes de Nassau-Saarbrücken. Ils commanditent les premières …

… New town of the Ancient Regime, founded on the site of a medieval castle, Rochefort came into existence from 1666. The first … the wooden homes with equivalents made of stone, two-storey buildings and attics on the angles of the plots, …

… army of Savoy against the Dauphiné, during the war of the League of Augsbourg. The selected site was the plateau de Mille-Aures at an altitude of 1,050 … fragile. In 1700, Vauban made a second on-site visit. He recommended that the ramparts, the flanked portion of which at …

… Breisach-am-Rhein Les fortifications habsbourgeoises La ville de Breisach, … 1638 par le duc Bernhard de Saxe-Weimar, général allemand combattant pour les armées de Louis XIII, Breisach est … de ce rempart peut se repérer dans un parc urbain. La visite de ces éléments est possible, libre ou guidée, sur …

… Château Queyras Les origines médiévales du Château Queyras L’origine … inutile pour la défense, Louis XIII décide de le conserver comme poste de surveillance, d’autant plus sur ce territoire … effectués par Vauban, l’alimentation en eau du site restait problématique. Durant la Révolution française, …

… Saarlouis Une ville neuve de Vauban et de Choisy Située le long de la Sarre, … nord-est de la France, entre l’Alsace et le Luxembourg. Les sites de Vaudrevange et de Sarrebruck n’étant pas aptes à … maçonnée protègent l’extérieur. L’ouvrage à corne est composé d’un bassin central inondable par une vanne et de …

… island of the same name, the first fortifications and castle were built in Château d’Oléron in the 10th century, by … When Louis XIV ordered the creation of Rochefort, the site of Oléron was retained as an advanced site for the … the façade of the main gate and the sleeping bridge were restored. In 1758, the swoop of the English during the Seven …

… out at the start of the 16th century. Besieged multiple times during the Thirty Years War, the castle became the … siege of 1673, during the War of Holland, as a strategic site facing Switzerland. The modernisation included the … hill. As for the medieval keep, a floor was removed to accommodate an artillery platform and its thick walls housed a …

… Agglomeration of Merovingian origin, Guise has had a castle since the 10th century. It was in 945 that the town … were connected to it. Inside, the collegiate was restored and a seven storey barracks was constructed. Intended … Louvois, the War Minister, disagreed and sent him on an on-site visit on 19 January, 1673. After this visit, Vauban …

… prompted the Viscounts of Béarn to construct a first castle fort to control access to the peaks of Somport and … 1316, the initial castle was replaced by a walled town. The site was prominent due to the presence of a rocky spur above … XIII, who proclaimed the union of Béarn with France and restored Catholicism to the site. In 1680, Vauban or one of …

… Marseille History and description Founded by the Greeks in the 5th … de la Garde (hill of the Guard). The construction did not commence until 1536, and was the first modern construction … occupied in this way. The fort Saint-Jean was built on the site of the tour Maubert and the tour du Fanal. It was …