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… 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 …

… Fort de Bellegarde History and description The Bellegarde hill (420 m. … pass (271 m.) perched on the Franco-Spain border. The site has been occupied since the middle Ages, the objective … however. In March 1668, the Knight of Clerville, Commissioner-General of the fortifications, visited the site …

… Entrevaux History and description A site occupied since the time of the Celts, the town of … defend the town sparked its relocation to a site along the left bank and installation at the present-day spur. The town … to the Kingdom of France during the wars against Charles Quint, sovereign of Italy. The medieval fortifications …

… of medieval origin, Port-Louis, which was originally called Blavet, had its first modern fortifications built in the … full bastions on its land-facing fronts. In 1683, Vauban visited the site. His opinion regarding the citadel and the … was very negative, but he considered that the site itself compensated for the weakness of the port defences, which had …

… Château du Taureau History and description A site occupied since the Antiquity, Morlaix remained without … was in 1540. At the time, it consisted of an artillery tower, named the tour Française, and a battery, the … by engineers Garangeau and Frézier. The fort was only completed in 1745, at the start of the war of Succession of …

… Concarneau History and description The site of the rock of Concarneau has been occupied since the … the wedding of Anne de Bretagne with the King of France Charles VIII transformed Concarneau in a royal stronghold. In … with new firing chambers. A project from 1694 remained incomplete. In 1837, the July Monarchy modernised the site by …

… 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, …

… a coastal defence. This fort was replaced by a medieval castle from the 12th century. Up to the 16th century, the … given the difficulties of developing what was a steep site, situated in the estuary of the river Penfeld, in the … became silted up. In 1667, the Knight of Clerville, Commissioner-General of the fortifications, set up a project …

… Saint-Louis-de-Brisach La création d’une ville neuve La création de la ville neuve de … à la ville forte de Breisach-am-Rhein, dont elle est le complément. (Voir fiche correspondante). Vauban dessine le … ingénieur des fortifications d’Alsace. Elle est placée sur l’île principale du fleuve, déjà équipée d’un fort …

… between 1000 and 1150. A tower was constructed on the isle (now gone) of la Sambre, as well as an initial urban wall … Included in the first line of the Pré Carré, Louis XIV visited Maubeuge twice and tasked Vauban with building the … frame of two medieval gates is preserved. The construction commenced in 1679 and was completed in 1685. The new urban …

… The tour de Tatihou was constructed in 1694 on the île de Tatihou (isle of Tatihou), at the same time as the … intended to protect the roadstead of Saint-Vaast, which had come under attack following a French naval defeat in June … of the Manche, has been open to the public since 1992. The site is included on the World Heritage List as part of the …

… History and description Situated in the Haut Vallespir, near the sources of the Tech, Prats-de-Mollo was … around the tour de la Guardia. In April 1670, Vauban visited Prats-de-Mollo. Deeming the destruction of the city … Louvois, the War Minister, persuaded Louis XIV against completing the project but the medieval defensive walls were …

… came into being in the 10th century, equipped with a castle since the 13th century, Sedan was integrated into French … received Sedan and the independent principality it had become under Henri II. The angles of the former castle … known as Palatinat on its north-west flank, and can be visited. A hotel occupies the barracks. Numerous activities, …

… Bitche La citadelle de Bitche au XVIIe siècle Construite à l’emplacement d’un … approuvé par Vauban en date du 4 novembre. Le chantier commence après l’annexion officielle de Bitche par la France … du traité de Rijswick. La citadelle de Cormontaigne Le site reste dépourvu de fortification jusqu’en 1737, année de …

… a garrison, and depots for equipment and munitions to supplement the defence of other existing Alsace locations … the isle itself (extended from south-west to north-east), surrounded by a bastioned protective wall comprising seven relatively flat bastions and two hornworks, …

… Mirepeysset History and description The site of Mirepeysset (or Mirepeďsset) is linked to the canal du Midi, just like that of Cammazes covered in the file of the same name. It is linked to one of the difficult … crossing the Cesse river, encased in a hollow of land in comparison to the level of water in the canal. When he …

… for king Ferdinand of Aragon. It replaced a medieval castle taken by the French in 1496 and restored to Spain the … To enhance the defence, Lopez created an original fortress combining medieval and modern fortification. The castle was … the frontier. Transformed into a prison in 1682, Vauban visited it in 1685 and smoothed over the parapets in 1691, …

… Le Palais History and description The largest of the Breton … fort, Belle-Île became a royal citadel. In 1680, Vauban visited the site, which Louis XIV wished to reinforce, … and the July Monarchy, to be later continued and completed under the Second Empire (around 1860-1870), the …

… at the same time as the tour de Tatihou (see Tatihou file), during the war of the League of Augsburg. There was a need to protect the harbour of Saint-Vaast, which had come under attack following a French naval defeat in June … tower. For some years, it has been open to visitors. The site, just like the nearby tour de Tatihou, is included on …

… several times during the following century before finally becoming a permanent part of France of Mazarin under the … the town. The urban wall remained however, from the middle Ages. In 1624, Louis XIII tasked Sublet de Noyers with … However the construction remained incomplete when Vauban visited in 1663. Accordingly, Vauban decided to gather …

… The west flank was protected in 1228, by a Philippian castle including a large detached tower. The urban wall was … channel to the sea. The urban wall was first adapted to accommodate artillery with the installation of new towers for … XIV. Vauban, however, was given the task of modifying the site from 1677. His constructions included modifications …

… siege construction made by Litus, Cherbourg has had a castle since the 10th century. The first urban wall is thought … importance of the port which faced England. In 1639, the commissioner general of the navy of Louis XIII, Louis le … that Louis XVI agreed to reconsider Cherbourg as a site for a military port. In 1779, the engineer de Caux took …

… A town of ancient origin, Nice has been fortified since at least the middle Ages. In the 14th century, the area of the … on the orders of Emmanuel-Philibert I of Savoy. A hornwork comprising two orillon bastions was built in front of the … county of Nice, ordered this construction in 1677. Vauban visited Nice for the first time in 1693, two years after it …

… Le Quesnoy History and description A town founded around … ever since it first came into being. The first urban wall comprised crenelated walls with a protected walkway and … ponds. The engineer Génédot, commissioned to come on-site, criticised it but did not offer any alternative …

… Amédée V and became the subject of numerous power struggles from 1305 to 1601, whereupon it was finally given to … its destruction during a siege in 1815. The July Monarchy completed the defensive installations with the construction … of a road tunnel under the fort saw all interest in the site as the location of a fort lost. fort Sébastien le …

… Port-en-Bessin History and description The artillery tower of Port-en-Bessin was constructed in 1694 in … the War of the League of Augsburg. The engineer Benjamin de Combes completed it in based on the models of Vauban. The … classed as a historical monument since 1948 and can be visited. … Port-en-Bessin …

… Hébihens Les origines de la construction de la tour Site stratégique pour la protection de la baie de la … visant à créer un asile aux navires de pêche. Le comte Louis de Pontbriand, capitaine garde-côte, commandite …

… Fouras History and description A site fortified since the 12th century, the castle of Fouras was reconstructed during the 14th-15th … constructed on the former moats of Ferry, which remained incomplete. castle then fort François Ferry Charente-Maritime …

… description The village of Morvan, Epiry is not a fortified site. Its inclusion in this inventory is based on the fact … lived there during his first twenty years of marriage, at least when possible for him to do so. Vauban reorganised the … there in 1809 on the orders of Napoléon I in order to commemorate the fact that Vauban lived there. The church is …