seigneur de Vauban, later styling himself as the marquis de Vauban (baptised 15 May 1633 – 30 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban (French: [vobɑ̃])...

marina: Port Vauban. Using the old dock present in the city centre, 500 moorings rings will be created at the beginning of 2012. This new port is part...

Lille (/ˈliːl/ LEEL, French: [lil] ; Dutch: Rijsel [ˈrɛisəl]; Picard: Lile; West Flemish: Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French...

Mourillon has a small fishing port, next to a 16th-century fort, Fort Saint Louis, which was reconstructed by Vauban. In the 1970s, the city of Toulon...

of Vieux-Lille. The part of Vieux-Lille to the north of rue du Pont-Neuf and rue Négrier dates back to the 1670 enlargement decided by Vauban after Louis...

Bertrand - Mirabeau - Sémard, Ivry-sur-Seine Rue Christophe Colomb, 13008, Vauban, 6th Arrondissement, Marseille Rue Christophe Colomb, 62700, La Buissière...

successors, particularly the Count of Blénac, the fort was built with a Vauban design. Originally named Fort-Royal, the administrative capital of Martinique...

accompagnement de forte piano par M. de St. Georges pour Mme. La Comtesse de Vauban, sometimes presented as a collection of vocal pieces by Saint-Georges, contains...

regional bank of Crédit Agricole in Nord de France, Vauban Partners (Paris) and Participex Gestion (Lille) took control of the capital. This operation made...

the nearest station to the port with trains to Gare de Boulogne-Ville and either Gare de Lille Flandres or Gare de Lille Europe. Local bus services are...

a "Town of Art and History" since 1986. Its fortifications, designed by Vauban, have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008. The city is...

Eugene of Savoy decided to besiege Lille. But Lille was very well defended by modern fortifications designed by Vauban and a garrison of 16,000 men. The...

town's fortifications were extended and developed by the military architect Vauban for Louis XIV. Until 1871, Belfort was part of the département of Haut-Rhin...

use was noted on the continent. At the end of the 17th century, Sébastien Vauban constructed Fort Mahon at the mouth of the river Slack. This is the only...

no longer covered. Next to the Ponts Couverts is the Barrage Vauban, a part of Vauban's 17th-century fortifications, that does include a covered bridge...

tomb of Louis XIV's celebrated general Turenne, followed in 1807–1808 by Vauban. In 1835, the underground gallery below the church received the remains...

began in 1779/1782 and extended in 1786. He used a plan by Vauban to create an outer port. The city grew and even the King came to La Manche see it. For...

improved in 1678 by the famous military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. The fort was attacked by the Grand Alliance in 1695 during the Nine Years'...

United Provinces. Duffy, Christopher (1985). The Fortress in the Age of Vauban and Frederick the Great 1660-1789 (2017 ed.). Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 1138924644...

famous tricolour"(Chisholm 1911, p. 460). Bodart 1908, p. 166. Ostwald, J. Vauban Under Siege: Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the...

prehistoric site. Vauban built a coastal fort at the mouth of the river Wimereux, the ruins showed at low-tide until the 1940s. Napoleon ordered a port to be built...

capturing the town and annexing it to France. His renowned military engineer Vauban rebuilt the citadel. French control was short-lived, as William III of Orange-Nassau...

inhabitants in 2018. With Lille and the towns of the former Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin, it is also part of the Metropolitan area of Lille [fr] which has more...

by Louis XIV's military engineer Vauban. The walls surrounding the town, which had likewise been designed by Vauban, were razed in 1904 to accommodate...

metres (17,400 ft) long, are partly medieval and partly constructed by Vauban. The Abbey of Saint Winnoc was destroyed in 1789, and only parts remain:...

le Chaudron, Commune Prima, Domenjod, Le Moufia), La Source, La Trinité, Vauban Saint-Denis features a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with two distinct...

bastions linked by a curtain wall, with a perimeter of 8 mi (13 km), built by Vauban from 1667 to 1707. In many places, the enceinte was overlooked by suburban...

French such as Place Stanislas in Nancy. On the military architectural side, Vauban designed some of the most efficient fortresses in Europe and became an influential...

Dunkerque railway station offers connections to Gare de Calais-Ville, Gare de Lille Flandres, Arras and Paris, and several regional destinations in France....

chanting "Macron démission" ("Macron step down"). In the evening, in Place Vauban, protesters gathered, chanting "Macron resign!" and "Aux armes" (Take up...