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… vaulted and linked by a spiral staircase. The garrison accommodated here included ten men and their captain. This … of the fort itself got underway and it surrounded the medieval tower. The engineer Raymond de Bonnefons directed the … Niquet Bouches-du-Rhône Current state The fort and the medieval tower still remain, although they have been …

… by a new one which enclosed them. This urban wall was completed in around the 16th century. The 1500s years thus saw the medieval keep transformed into a cavalier. The ramparts were … wall was largely demolished. The remains include a few medieval towers and a gate. Of the citadel, two bastions and …

… 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 …

… le village de Saint-Vincent est détruit par un incendie durant l’invasion savoyarde du duc Victor-Amédée pendant … d’eau de pluie, d’une boulangerie et d’une maison du commandant. Une seconde porte, équipée d’un hourd, perce le …

… (some foundations of a Roman fort were found). A medieval castle replaced this initial fortification and has … around the primitive castle. This construction was still incomplete however, when the Spanish gave the isle to the … not until 1637 that Louis XIII and Richelieu ordered the completion of the fort Sainte-Marguerite, having recaptured …

… to shelter a harbour master, two lieutenants and ten soldiers, the project was implemented in 1694. Vauban then … gate was included in this front. Within the ramparts, the complete set-up included barracks, a guardroom, food stores, …

… valleys intersected. This small fort was replaced by a medieval castle in the 16th century. The first urban wall was … Louis XIV to modernise Briançon. These modernisations commenced with the construction of a first urban wall, … Lagrune. This urban wall saw many segments of the medieval ramparts reused and was very narrow in itself, given …

… Saint-Paul-de-Vence History and description A town of medieval origin, Saint-Paul-de-Vence had its first … the construction was limited to consolidation of the medieval walls. But it was not until 1544 that the bastions … the July Monarchy, the ramparts underwent a restoration completed to repair the damage caused by their abandonment …

… six years after the town had been taken by the Dutch. The medieval defence system employing water was also improved at … the outside and the flood defences, remodelled the medieval keep and constructed a barracks and a powder keg. In 1682, he recommended downgrading Bouchain, considering it of no use. …

… bastions, moats and a glacis were built in front of the medieval ramparts, under Henri II and Charles IX. Their main … of Montreuil at the start of the 17th century. The medieval castle was demolished to make way for an irregular …

… and knocked down four of the eight towers of the urban medieval wall in order to make the stronghold indefensible. … the war of Devolution, the Knight Nicolas de Clerville completed a memoir on the need to fortify … the confluent of the Têt with the stream of the Cady. Commenced in 1669 and installed by the engineer …

… New town of the Ancient Regime, founded on the site of a medieval castle, Rochefort came into existence from 1666. The … Royal household, the seat of authority. The two other welcome the church and market hall. The architect Francis … However, this project came too late. From 1672, a boom town comprising wooden homes of dubious quality flooded the urban …

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

… in a royal stronghold. In 1689, Vauban updated the medieval urban wall by adding to the main gate. This work saw … with new firing chambers. A project from 1694 remained incomplete. In 1837, the July Monarchy modernised the site by … le Prestre de Vauban Finistère Current state The medieval urban wall has been entirely preserved. It can be …

… 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 … of the river, behind this bridgehead. It allowed sold points of support from which to construct a provisional …

… 1480 by the construction of a rectangular residential tower completed by Antoine de Follet, adviser and Chamberlain of …

… This was the bastion of Egmont, which replaced the medieval castle by enclosing it. In 1577, platforms for … Netherlands Spanish, multiple other bastions and ravelins completed the defences. Certain projects remained unrealised … and Richerand transformed the bastion of Egmont and the medieval castle into an entrenched construction. The covered …

… the wars against Charles Quint, sovereign of Italy. The medieval fortifications and the castle built on top of the … preserved. The ramparts are now a place for walking and medieval style fairs are regularly organised there. …

… when canons set up there and skippers began to engage in commerce. A castle was added by the Lord of Avesnes between … a covered way and constructed advanced defences. The medieval urban wall was partially replaced by modern … in 1931. However, remains of the walls and towers from medieval and modern periods remain visible between the …

… The works were conducted by the engineer Ferry and completed in 1685. During this construction work, the … wells, chapel, as well as a new gate. Twelve hundred soldiers would have been housed in its garrison. Other projects … bank of the Adour, along the citadel, is currently being studied and should be realised in 2015. The majority of 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 …

… île of Oléron from the continent. The War Minister Louvois commissioned Michel Begon, Intendant of Rochefort, with the … at the centre of the battery, sleeping quarters for soldiers and the arsenal on the first floor, food stock houses, … replaced with six mortars. The garrison was thirty-six soldiers. Blighted by the marshes, the foundations were …

… during the Religious wars of the 16th century. The urban medieval wall was endowed with bastions and glacis. Its … siege conducted by Louis XIV in person for Strasbourg to become French in 1681. After having captured the town, Vauban … has survived, integrated into a city park, and four medieval towers. The Governor’s residence and a military …

… channel to the sea. The urban wall was first adapted to accommodate artillery with the installation of new towers for … citadel was modified by completely doing away with the medieval castle which had surrounded it in one of its … century, the citadel housed a barracks with a thousand soldiers, two cisterns, powder kegs, food supplies and cattle …