Fortifications of Vauban

Overview

Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France. They represent the finest examples of the work of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), a military engineer of King Louis XIV. The serial property includes towns built from scratch by Vauban, citadels, urban bastion walls and bastion towers. There are also mountain forts, sea forts, a mountain battery and two mountain communication structures. This property is inscribed as bearing witness to the peak of classic fortifications, typical of western military architecture. Vauban also played a major role in the history of fortification in Europe and on other continents until the mid-19th century.

Selection Criteria

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Components(12 locations)

• •L’enceinte urbaine, les forts des Salettes, des Trois-Tête, du Randoouillet et Dauphin, la communication Y et le pont d’Asfeld de Briançon1283-004
• •La citadella d’Arras1283-001
• •La place forte de Longwy1283-006
• •La place forte de Mont-Dauphin1283-007
• •La place forte de Neuf-Brisach1283-009
• •La tour Dorée de Camaret-sur-Mer1283-005
• •L’enceinte et la citadelle de Mont-Louis1283-008
• •La citadelle el l’enceinte de Saint-Martin-de-Ré1283-010
• •Les tours-observatoires de Tatihou et de la Hougue1283-011
• •La citadelle et le fort Paté et Médoc de Blaye/Cussac-Fort-Médoc1283-003
• •La citadelle, l’enceinte urbaine et le fort Griffon de Besançon1283-002
• •L’enceinte, le fort et la Cova Bastera de Villefranche-de-Conflent1283-012

Details

Countries

France

ISO Codes

FR

Area

1,153.16 ha

Coordinates

47.2361, 6.0269