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Vauban site

  • Trarbach

    … Trarbach La ville médiévale Ville médiévale dominée par une colline … par un château fort, dit Grevenburg ( i.e. château des comtes ) édifié après 1357 par le comte Jean III de … hors de portée des premiers canons. A partir de 1437, le site est administré par des fonctionnaires nobles délégués …

  • Louisbourg

    … 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 … qui retardèrent les travaux de maçonnerie, la priorité fut donnée aux défenses côté terre ainsi qu’à l’installation …

  • Saarlouis

    … 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 …

  • Château Queyras

    … 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, …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Briançon

    … which overlooked the Durance, at the point where five valleys intersected. This small fort was replaced by a medieval … Louis XIV to modernise Briançon. These modernisations commenced with the construction of a first urban wall, … before the final demilitarisation of the fortified sites. Military cable cars were installed to connect the …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Fort Barraux

    … and description Created in 1597 by the Italian engineer Ercole Negro, the fort Barraux was constructed on the orders of … have originated from the two earlier fortifications, Bellecombe and La Buissière, which had been abandoned twenty … The internal buildings were thus dispersed over the site, with no effort made to redesign them. A barracks, …
    Département/Région
    Isère

  • Mont-Dauphin

    … 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 …
    Département/Région
    Hautes-Alpes

  • Château-Trompette

    … was constructed in 1453, at the same time as the Hâ castle, under the reign of King Charles VII of France following … project. The construction of the second château Trompette commenced in 1664 and was finished eleven years later, … and architect Nicolas Payen was the person supervising on-site. In 1680, Vauban’s attention turned to the weaknesses …
    Département/Région
    Gironde

  • Salins-les-Bains

    … Salins-les-Bains History and description Situated in the valley of the river called Furieuse (altitude: 300 m.), the site of Salins-les-Bains has been occupied since the Gallic … of Salins-les-Bains, which was the second town of Franche-Comté in the middle Ages. It was surrounded by an urban wall …
    Département/Région
    Jura

  • Bazoches

    … Bazoches History and description Castle founded by the Castellux family in the 12th century, … 1480 by the construction of a rectangular residential tower completed by Antoine de Follet, adviser and Chamberlain of … he added a further machicolation tower. The Bazoches site is not a war ground, but was still included in the …
    Département/Région
    Nièvre

  • Abbeville

    … Abbeville History and description Manifest for the first time in … Longuetown was modified. However, these projects remained incomplete at the time of his passing in 1610. The cardinal of Richelieu, the Prime Minister under Louis XIII, visited the site on 29 October 1636 and ordered the …
    Département/Région
    Somme

  • Fort d’Alès

    … Fort d’Alès Le château féodal d’Alès Alès dispose d’un château … XIIe siècle, plusieurs fois assiégé et reconstruit au cours des siècles. L’ancien château des seigneurs d’Alais était en …
    Département/Région
    Gard

  • Saint-Martin-de-Ré

    … History and description Main agglomeration of the île de Ré, Saint-Martin-de-Ré was founded in 737 with the … The citadel was a bastioned square fort but remained incomplete when the English took over the isle in 1627, coming … sent to the isle in 1674. Later, Ferry, who was still on-site, designed the project that Vauban approved and which …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime

  • Marseille

    … 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 …
    Département/Région
    Bouches-du-Rhône

  • Saint-Vincent-les-Forts

    … Saint-Vincent-les-Forts La construction du fort Saint-Vincent en 1693 … d’eau de pluie, d’une boulangerie et d’une maison du commandant. Une seconde porte, équipée d’un hourd, perce le … l’aide de l’Association des Amis du fort Saint-Vincent. Le site est ouvert au public lors des Journées Européennes du …
    Département/Région
    Alpes de Haute-Provence

  • Breisach-am-Rhein

    … 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 …

Article

  • The Tour de France in Longwy

    … plain, the town of Longwy is an exceptional heritage site, which has led to it being selected from among 160 sites fortified by … famous siege well, forming an ensemble of rare consistency. Combining adaptation to the terrain and the principles of …

  • Annual meeting of the Vauban Network in Arras

    … 04/25/2023 - 15:21 The hosting of the Meetings by the Urban Community of Arras, at the Arras Citadel, reflects the federating dimension of the Vauban Network and the links that unite the twelve major sites making up the serial property. Located in the heart of …

Project

  • Architecture studios

    … and the National Higher School of Architecture of Paris-Belleville (ENSAPB) has given the major Vauban sites the chance to benefit from innovative ideas from students on the issue of the future of fortified space in within the framework of the …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Network of Vauban’s major sites
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • redevelopment
    • reconversion
    • contemporary construction
    • educational project

  • Innovative partnerships for maintenance: Friends of fort Médoc

    … Building with earth to adapt to unstable terrain A vital part of the defensive triptych designed … with the Blaye citadel and fort Pâté), fort Médoc, comprising a grassed earth enclosure backing onto the … the commune of Cussac in 1930, it now serves as a touristic site, strengthened by the estuary’s ‘Verrou’ label status as …
    Project sponsor(s)
    The Friends of fort Médoc association
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • volunteers construction
    • maintenance
    • local population
    • association
    • partnership

  • Interpretation path

    … a study on the improvement of access to the stronghold site. It must allow improved site access sustainably (bicycle and pedestrian). The purpose is to reclassify an existing community path and introduce visitors to the first elements …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Guillestrois County
    Keywords
    • landscape redevelopment
    • accessibility
    • bicycle and pedestrian way
    • sustainable tourism
    • natural area
    • signing
    • heritage signing

  • The Tour des enfants

    … Innovations of Vauban, the first bastioned towers flanking a protective city wall were constructed in … In the lower part of the tower, known as a casemate, younger visitors discover the bastioned fortification via a … C’est pas sorcier” (It’s not rocket science) ; on the next levels, the children familiarise themselves with methods of …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Town of Besancon, Directorate of culture and heritage
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • tourist trade
    • restoration
    • mediation tool
    • model
    • young visitors
    • local population

  • Conservation and restoration of the citadel

    … and the plan for the management, preservation, and sustainable development of the town ofBesançon, as voted for in July … amounts to 2.1 million euros. The restoration of seven on-site pieces reflects the need to value these jewels of … to maintain and preserve exceptional heritage for future generations but also to spark off new functions and …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Town of Besançon
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • cultural mediation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    • safety
    • restoration technique

  • Besançon, feasability/advisability study of acces to the citadel

    … hectaresand is located approximately120 metresabove the level of the river and town centre, and371 metresabove sea … visitors visit the Citadel annually. The topography of the site and its highly seasonal attendance generate problems of … of visitors in high season. Thus, the Greater Besançon council, which is in charge of public transport, decided to …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Greater Besançon council
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • access to site
    • accessibility
    • tourist trade
    • recommendation

  • Virtual Visit to the Verrou de l’Estuaire

    … This project involving a virtual visit of the Verrou de l’Estuaire aims at promoting an inscribed site on the List of World Heritage, alongside 11 other … in situ, except the fort Pâté, which has remained inaccessible (no landing stage on the isle). … Virtual Visit to the …
    Project sponsor(s)
    The canton of Blaye County
    Keywords
    • mediation tool
    • touristic development
    • general public
    • NICT

  • Organisation of volunteers by English Heritage: Example of Medway

    … English Heritage, owner of 400 sites in the United Kingdom, has an active volunteering policy. In fact, … on public funds and very strongly on driving forces led by volunteers. In 2012-2013, more than 1,000 …
    Project sponsor(s)
    English Heritage
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • volunteers construction
    • maintenance
    • local population
    • foundation

  • Requalification of the parade ground

    … Redevelopment of the parade ground to enhance a historic part of the town and revitalise an … design. Restoration of the parade ground-  demolition – site preparation; repairs – cleaning; access; drainage; concrete structure; masonry- …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Town of Briançon
    Keywords
    • landscape redevelopment
    • restoration
    • urban redevelopment
    • restoration technique

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

    … The Fort du Randouillet is located on a steep and narrow rocky mound, … slope of100 metres. The various buildings that make up this site were constructed to meet the requirements of military … to adapt to the constraints of the site. This results in a complex layout on three levels, similar to that of a …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Town of Briançon
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • construction
    • conservation
    • maintenance
    • restoration
    • restoration technique
    • material

Major Vauban site

  • 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 … stonework ditch which water seeped into at high tide. This site is one of the stopping-off points along “the Crozon …
    Département
    Finistère

  • Saint-Martin-de-Ré

    … sea The town wall is unique because of its size: a semi-circle with a radius of 1.5 kilometres and ramparts 14 kilometres long. The geography of the site posed no constraints and the wall was built in record … fortified port. Inside, the buildings were planned to accommodate 1200 men and consist of a barracks, chapel, …
    Département
    Charente-Maritime