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  • Neuf-Brisach: “Warning, stronghold!”

    Surface area within the walled city: 26,3 ha Number of inhabitants: 2 045 (INSEE census 2011) Administrator subscribed: commune of Neuf-Brisach Contracting parties: Community of …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Community of communes of the Brisach district / commune of Neuf-Brisach
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • world heritage
    • mediation tool
    • exhibition
    • educational project
    • schools
    • young visitors
  • Saint-Martin-de-Ré: A tactile model for discovering the fortifications

    … Estimated surface area within the walled: 50 ha Number of inhabitants: … 2 505 (INSEE census 2011) Administrators subscribed: commune of Saint- Martin-de-Ré, Department of Justice …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Ernest Cognacq museum
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • world heritage
    • mediation tool
    • model
    • handicapped visitors
    • visual handicap
  • Longwy, collaborating with social housing authorities

    … Prost Study 2012 - guideline plan 2012 - archaeological survey 2013 -2023 –work carried out … Longwy, collaborating …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Longwy Town council
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • urban redevelopment
    • landscape redevelopment
    • construction
    • local population
  • Organisation of volunteers by English Heritage: Example of Medway

    … English Heritage, owner of 400 sites in the United Kingdom, has an active volunteering … on public funds and very strongly on driving forces led by volunteers. In 2012-2013, more than 1,000 … hours of work, broken down as follows: 2% archives; 10% collection; 2% guides; 15% education; 2% administration; 42% …
    Project sponsor(s)
    English Heritage
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • volunteers construction
    • maintenance
    • local population
    • foundation
  • A mediation programme adapted to disabled visitors

    Surface area within the walled city: 4,5 ha Number of … inhabitants: 240 (INSEE census 2011) Contracting parties: commune ofVillefranche-de-Conflent Administrator subscribed: commune of …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Municipality of Villefranche-de-Conflent
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • world heritage
    • mediation tool
    • audio guide
    • handicapped visitors
    • auditory handicap
    • mental handicap
  • Brochure to discover the stronghold of Mont-Dauphin aimed at those 12-15 years

    … In the plan for the management, conservation and sustainable development of Mont-Dauphin, the development of the … It allows what is on offer in cultural terms at the site to be enhanced and the development of schemes for those aged 12-15, agroup where there is little in comparison to the age group 6-12 years (notably in terms of …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Guillestrois County
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • young visitors
    • mediation tool
    • educational project
    • communication tool
  • Longwy, ‘Tour de ville’ project

    Surface area inside the fortified city: 15ha Contracting authority: commune of Longwy Implementation: 20 years Number of inhabitants (INSEE 2011): …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Longwy Town Council
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • urban redevelopment
    • reconversion
    • landscape redevelopment
    • local population
    • recommendation
  • Mont-Dauphin A participative approach on a territorial scale

    … 154 (recensement INSEE 2011) Number of inhabitants Guillestrois community of communes: 5 500 Surface area within the walled city: 16 ha Administrators …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Municipality of Mont-Dauphin
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • world heritage
    • cultural mediation
    • cultural event
    • local population
    • environment
    • landscape redevelopment
  • Arras citadel, redevelopment project with connexion to the historical city centre

    … Owner (since 2010) and contracting authority: Arras Urban Community Number of inhabitants: 105,000 (INSEE census 2011) Area of the citadel: 30 ha Useable surface area: 45,000 m² Number of 17th century buildings: 15 …
    Project sponsor(s)
    Arras Urban Community
    Keywords
    • fortified heritage
    • reconversion
    • redevelopment
    • access to site
    • PLU
    • public
    • funding plan

Vauban site

  • Nîmes

    … This urban wall disappeared under the Merovingians, while the city went back on the plans for an amphitheatre. In … of the Nantes edict in 1685. The engineer Francis Ferry was commissioned with designing the plans. In 1687, he submitted … in glass and steel, which are constructed on curtain wall sites, between the former barracks and bastions. People can …
    Département/Région
    Gard
  • Navarrenx

    … 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 … a master mason from Bayonne. These constructions were completed around 1547 and were contemporary in comparison to …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  • Gravelines

    … Gravelines Historique et description A site occupied by fishermen since the 7th century, Gravelines … ramparts and brick walls. It was also endowed with a castle intended to oversee the locks of the river Aa and its … not until midway through the 18th century that they were completed with the deepening of the Aa channel in 1740. …
    Département/Région
    Nord
  • Rochefort

    … New town of the Ancient Regime, founded on the site of a medieval castle, Rochefort came into existence from 1666. The first … Royal household, the seat of authority. The two other welcome the church and market hall. The architect Francis …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Landskron

    … 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 …
    Département/Région
    Haut-Rhin
  • Mézières

    … the Haute Meuse, Mézières gets its name from the first castle established under Charlemagne in 812 (Macerianae). This … by a new one which enclosed them. This urban wall was completed in around the 16th century. The 1500s years thus … de Rivières style and a battery were constructed on the site of Ayelles, some kilometres from the town, in 1877. …
    Département/Région
    Ardennes
  • Fort Cézon

    … the siege of Brest by the English, one that Vauban had repelled. The site had already been marked out in 1685 and a project of … gate was included in this front. Within the ramparts, the complete set-up included barracks, a guardroom, food stores, …
    Département/Région
    Finistère
  • Tour de Socoa

    … description Located not far from the Spanish frontier, the site of Socoa (the corner in Basque) comprised a cap formed by a rocky outcrop, said to be of the … another battery, namely that of Sainte-Barbe, installed on the other side. In 1627, during the Thirty Years war …
    Département/Région
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  • 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
  • Guise

    … Agglomeration of Merovingian origin, Guise has had a castle since the 10th century. It was in 945 that the town … bastions of the castle included casemates and corridors for communications with musket firing loops. The construction … Louvois, the War Minister, disagreed and sent him on an on-site visit on 19 January, 1673. After this visit, Vauban …
    Département/Région
    Aisne
  • Blaye citadel

    … origin, the first urban wall in Blaye was built in the middle Ages, as well as a castle. These fortifications were … To do so, he continued the modernisation which Pagan had commenced: the medieval urban wall was totally restored and … stock houses were also constructed there. The construction site of the citadel, overseen by Ferry, was completed in …
    Département/Région
    Gironde
  • Fort Sainte-Marguerite

    … Sainte-Marguerite History and description Situated on the île de Lérins, facing the town of Cannes, the site of the fort Sainte-Marguerite has been a strategic hub … around the primitive castle. This construction was still incomplete however, when the Spanish gave the isle to the …
    Département/Région
    Alpes Maritimes
  • 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
  • Château d’Oléron

    … 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 … wall with projections and small curtain walls. The engineer Combes proceeded with constructions following the death of …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime
  • Antibes

    … In medieval times, a further urban wall including multiple round towers, which was repaired around the 14th century, … excesses. On each occasion, the town was conquered and completely devastated. To guard against any repeat, Francis … of the same name, in order to protect the mooring. Vauban visited Antibes in 1679 and 1682. He had completed an …
    Département/Région
    Alpes Maritimes
  • Grenoble

    … Grenoble History and description Founded in Isère of a Gallo-Roman … was implemented to the south-east by the addition of two complete bastions, connected to the urban wall by two … the work was overseen by Francis de Créqui. Vauban visited Grenoble on two occasions: in 1692 and 1700. During …
    Département/Région
    Isère
  • Saint-Omer

    … origin, Saint-Omer has been fortified since 900, when a castle and a market were installed around the collegial and … Netherlands Spanish, multiple other bastions and ravelins completed the defences. Certain projects remained unrealised … to protect the dykes. All the moats surrounding the site were flooded. fort, then entrenched camp with hydraulic …
    Département/Région
    Nord
  • 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
  • Thionville

    … Thionville History and description Situated in a bend of the … the Good) conquered the town in 1443. The fortifications accommodated a restoration and the water was used more … of the foreign guards, supervised the construction on-site. In 1677, Vauban advocated the enlargement of the …
    Département/Région
    Meurthe-et-Moselle
  • Kehl

    … Kehl Kehl avant Vauban Située originellement sur une île près de la rive droite du Rhin, à environ … 1388 pour qu’une liaison permanente se crée entre les deux sites. En 1392, des maisons sont installées sur le pont. … sont organisés autour d’une cour carrée : logis du commandant de place, casernes, chapelle et magasins. En …
  • La Rochelle

    … La Rochelle History and description A town founded in the 10th … the engineer Francis Ferry, a colleague of Vauban, to the site to reconstruct the urban wall there. This construction site was completed in 1724. The new urban wall was far bigger than …
    Département/Région
    Charente-Maritime