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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 entirely crowned with a roof made from thick … Remparts de Villefranche-de-Conflent Phone number: +33 4 68 05 87 05 2 rue Saint Jean  66 500 …
    Département
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Longwy

    … After each siege and attack in 1792, 1815, 1871 and 1914, Longwy managed to rise from the ashes and today the town … Phone number: +33 3 82 24 94 54 contact@longwy-tourisme.com www.longwy-tourisme.com The fortifications of Longwy are … 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

  • Mont-Dauphin

    … time considered as a modern garrison town, was planned to accommodate 2000 soldiers and as many civilians. Mont-Dauphin is an outstanding … in the mountain Town of Mont-Dauphin Phone number: +33 4 92 45 18 34 mairie.montdauphin@wanadoo.fr …
    Département
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Camaret-sur-Mer

    … tower guards the Armorique coasts The tower was not even completed when, in 1694, it underwent its baptism of fire in the presence of … into at high tide. This site is one of the stopping-off points along “the Crozon peninsula fortification route”. the …
    Département
    Finistère

  • 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, … (Fort Médoc) Mairie de Blaye 7, cours Vauban - BP 125 33 394 Blaye cedex Phone number: 05 57 42 68 68 www.blaye.fr …
    Département
    Gironde

  • Arras

    … 1670 Pas-de-Calais new plain citadel of the first system Communauté urbaine d’Arras La citadelle Boulevard du général de Gaulle BP – 10345 62 026 Arras cedex Phone number: + 33 3 21 21 87 00 … Tour of the moats and the citadel wood. 6 remarkable viewpoints. The Wall of the Fusillés, free access from 2pm to …
    Département
    Pas-de-Calais

Bibliographic reference

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 … the town hall, additional accommodation and workshops in 2004/2005. In 2006, a first phase of work aimed at settling new …
    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

Vauban site

  • Salses

    … The current château de Salses was constructed from 1497 by the Aragon engineer Francisco 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 …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Château Queyras

    … château féodal local, puis delphinal, enfin royal en 1349, ce poste avancé est destiné à ralentir l’ennemi, pendant … inutile pour la défense, Louis XIII décide de le conserver comme poste de surveillance, d’autant plus sur ce territoire … La nouvelle enceinte du front nord-est est achevée en 1740. Le Château Queyras du XVIIIe au XXe siècle Au XVIIIe …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Auxonne

    … Auxonne History and description Medieval town situated on the left bank of the Saône, which … of the 13th century. During the Thirty Year war (1618-1648), bastions and two ravelins were constructed in front of … a bastioned fortification from 1668 but ultimately did not come to fruition. It would not be until 1673 that …
    Département/Région
    Côte d’Or

  • Salins-les-Bains

    … the middle Ages. It was surrounded by an urban wall from 1249. This urban wall was modified in the 15th century by the … and the château Belin and the château Bracon remained medieval. This was not enough to prevent the French from … The fort Saint-André had its ramparts penetrated at three points, its parapets and its access bridge overthrown and …
    Département/Région
    Jura

  • Le Quesnoy

    … ever since it first came into being. The first urban wall comprised crenelated walls with a protected walkway and … with four angled towers and a central keep. In 1314, the Count of Hainaut Guillaume I reinforced these medieval fortifications. In particular, this involved …
    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 … This whole fortified development was redeveloped in the 14th century during the war of Succession of Brittany. In the … port of the kingdom of France: city of Corsairs but also of commerce and negotiation. The outbreak of the war of the …
    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 14th and 15th centuries), until the town was captured by the … 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

  • Nancy

    … Nancy History and description A town of medieval origins, the Old Town (Vieille Ville) of Nancy had … urban wall of 1550. Only the porte Saint-Nicolas allowed communication between the two towns. The town-planning of … today known as the caserne Thiry, was constructed from 1764 to 1769. urban wall Jean-Baptiste Stabili, Sébastien le …
    Département/Région
    Meurthe-et-Moselle