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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 … 2 rue Saint Jean  66 500 Villefranche-de-Conflent Visit the website The Fort Libéria Phone number: +33 4 68 96 34 01 …
    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

  • 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

  • Camaret-sur-Mer

    … tower guards the Armorique coasts The tower was not even completed when, in 1694, it underwent its baptism of fire in … into at high tide. This site is one of the stopping-off points along “the Crozon peninsula fortification route”. the … 2 98 27 94 22 camaret.vauban@orange.fr www.camaret-sur-mer.com From 8 April to 31 May 2023 : open every day except …
    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, … three monuments, built on distinctly different sites, are complementary and today share a common cultural and tourism …
    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

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Vauban site

  • Salins-les-Bains

    … as well as a watch tower on the plateau de Saint-André (in 1265 in the latter). The château Belin and the château Bracon … 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 … 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

  • Antibes

    … urban wall in Antibes was built in Late Antiquity. In medieval times, a further urban wall including multiple round … excesses. On each occasion, the town was conquered and completely devastated. To guard against any repeat, Francis … new urban wall surrounding the former outer suburbs. The medieval urban wall was removed. New fortification was …
    Département/Région
    Alpes Maritimes

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Project

  • 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

  • Conservation and restoration of the citadel

    … required for such craftsmanship. Via the execution, commitment or scheduling of these various restoration and … also intends to establish an equilibrium and dynamic complementarity between problematic aspects of heritage, … 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

  • 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

  • Management plans/management system of a World heritage serial fortified property

    … universal value (including authenticity and integrity) for future generations and anticipate and supervise the … development of sites. In the case of serial properties, all components must meet the same requirements (the failure of …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Network of major Vauban sites
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • methodology
    • planning
    • world heritage
    • management structure

  • Architecture studios

    … 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