The Fortifications of Vauban is a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the borders of France. They were...
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appointed Commissaire général des fortifications, employed him on siege operations and building fortifications. In 1655, Vauban was appointed Ingénieur du Roi...
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Scintillating scotoma (redirect from Fortification of Vauban)
terms for the condition include flittering scotoma, fortification figure, fortification of Vauban, geometrical spectrum, herringbone, Norman arch, teichopsia...
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Bastion fort (redirect from Vauban fortification)
Europe to help build the new fortifications. The late-seventeenth-century architects Menno van Coehoorn and especially Vauban, Louis XIV's military engineer...
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Neuf-Brisach (category Vauban fortifications in France)
conceived the fortification of the city Plan of the city and fortifications Plan-relief The moats and fortifications conceived by Vauban Communes of the Haut-Rhin...
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The Tour Vauban (Vauban Tower), initially known as the tour de Camaret, is an 18m-high polygonal defensive tower built to a plan by Vauban on the Sillon...
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Fort des Têtes (category Vauban fortifications in France)
Trois Têtes, is a fortification in the vicinity of Briançon in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. Partially designed by Vauban, the fort was first...
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Vauban may refer to: Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban, a French military engineer A list of Vauban's fortifications Vauban (train), an express...
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Historic centre of Sarlat Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente, 2002. Rochefort arsenal and fortifications of the Charente...
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Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (category Vauban fortifications in France)
site of fortifications designed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban: the watchtowers of Tatihou and La Hougue having been listed in 2008 as part of the Fortifications...
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Fort Médoc (category Vauban fortifications in France)
listed in 2008 as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group. Lot, Ferdinand (1904). "VI. Amauguin, comte de Bordeaux"...
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Saint-Martin-de-Ré (category Vauban fortifications in France)
the ten communes located on the Île de Ré. The fortifications in Saint-Martin-de-Ré, drawn up by Vauban between 1681 and 1685, were inscribed on the UNESCO...
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Mont-Dauphin (category Vauban fortifications in France)
listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group. Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department "Répertoire national des...
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France (redirect from Republic of france)
Architecture and the Politics of Gender in Early Modern Europe. Ashgate Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7546-0309-2. "Fortifications of Vauban". UNESCO. 8 July 2008...
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Blaye (category Communes of Gironde)
bank of a large river, was modernized at the end of the 17th century, thanks to Vauban. In 1685, the Commissaire general des fortifications of Louis...
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Briançon (category Vauban fortifications in France)
population estimate is 11,084 (as of 2018) for the commune. Briançon has been part of the Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites since they...
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concept of mutually reinforcing lines of defence with flanking fire was continued in later periods, such as the early modern fortifications of Vauban, where...
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Fort Paté (category Vauban fortifications in France)
Heritage Site in 2008 as one of the fortifications of Vauban, bearing witness to the importance of Vauban's work in the history and of military architecture...
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The Barrage Vauban, or Vauban Dam, is a bridge, weir and defensive work erected in the 17th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France...
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the site of a former French military base named after Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the 17th century French Marshal who built fortifications in Freiburg...
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Longwy (category Vauban fortifications in France)
UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group for its contributions to the development of military architecture and engineering...
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Villefranche-de-Conflent (category Vauban fortifications in France)
An Illustrated History of Fortifications and Strategies. McFarland. pp. 223–25. ISBN 9780786456987. "Fortifications of Vauban". UNESCO World Heritage...
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Besançon (redirect from Count of Besançon)
been labeled a "Town of Art and History" since 1986. Its fortifications, designed by Vauban, have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008...
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Fort Libéria (category Vauban fortifications in France)
monument historique in April 2009. It is also classified as one of the Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The fort is open to the public...
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remains of the fortress and the casemates. The Wenceslas and Vauban circular walks have been set up to show visitors the city's fortifications. The old...
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Île de Ré (redirect from Island of Ré)
Heritage Site list, along with 11 others Fortifications of Vauban across France. During World War II, the beaches of the Île de Ré were fortified by German...
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In 1689 new fortifications for the town were laid out by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the king's engineer. Vauban's fortifications were built between...
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Citadel was one of the strongest fortifications of the period. The construction was so expensive that – so the story goes – the king asked Vauban if he was...
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Fort de Bertheaume (category Vauban fortifications in France)
ruins of the castle of the former Dukes of Brittany". Vauban, attempting to enhance the defense of Brest, established a battery in 1689 to repel potential...
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Camaret-sur-Mer (category Communes of Finistère)
Heritage Site, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group. Camaret also is home to a marina and some beaches. Inhabitants of Camaret-sur-Mer are called...
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