still in use in WW1; it was used during the assaults on Fort du Camp-des-Romains in 1914 and Fort Vaux in 1916. Bernhard Reddeman, a German military officer...
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Flirey), German troops took Saint-Mihiel and Fort du Camp-des-Romains, but they were ultimately stopped at Fort de Troyon to the south of Verdun. During the...
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Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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The Fort des Dunes, also known as Fort Leffrinckoucke and sometime Fort de l'Est, is located in the commune of Leffrinckoucke, France, about 6 kilometres...
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Merovingian stilt houses from the time of King Clovis I built above ponds. Le Camp du Drap d'Or (The Field of the Cloth of Gold) is a 2014 replica of the summit...
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3 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024. David, Romain (14 June 2024). "Le programme des 100 premiers jours du « Nouveau Front populaire »". Public Sénat....
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Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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Fort du Salbert, also known as Fort Lefebvre, was built between 1874 and 1877. It was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the...
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German-occupied province of Lorraine. The Fort de Liouville was located between the Fort de Gironville and the Camp des Romains. In 1870, France was partly occupied...
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Ile. Many Roman artifacts have also been found along the current Route des Romains, the road that led to Argentoratum, in the suburb of Koenigshoffen. This...
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The Fort du Bruissin is a fort in Francheville, France, near the city of Lyon. Built between 1878 and 1881, the fort is part of the Séré de Rivières system...
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Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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The Fort des Ayvelles, also known as the Fort Dubois-Crancé, is a fortification near the French communes of Villers-Semeuse and Les Ayvelles in the Ardennes...
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The Fort du Télégraphe, or Fort Berwick, is located in the Maurienne valley on the road to the Col du Galibier between Valloire and Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne...
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Bastille (Grenoble) (category Forts in France)
Maurice Mercier in his book Histoire des fortifications de Grenoble de l'an 43 avant JC à 1900. The main square in the fort is now named after him; a plaque...
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XII-E POW camp established. 1942 – Stalag XII-E POW camp dissolved. 1944 27 September: Battle of Fort Driant begins near city (part of Battle of Metz)....
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The Fort du Replaton is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system in Modane, France. The fort was built to provide artillery cover for the French...
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included the construction of Fort de Montessuy and Fort de Caluire to the north; Fort des Brotteaux, Fort Montluc and Fort du Colombier to the east; the...
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Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Centre national des naufrages du Saint-Laurent, Baie-Trinité Fort de la Martiniere, Lévis Jardin des glaciers, Baie-Comeau Musée Bon-Pasteur...
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The Fort des Adelphes, or Fort Richepance, is part of the fortifications of Épinal. It was built near the village of Deyvillers between 1883 and 1885,...
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Fort des Hautes Perches was built between 1874 and 1877 in Danjoutin and Belfort in northeastern France. It is part of the first ring of fortifications...
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protéger Bordeaux !! - Société des Amis du Vieux Blaye". www.vieuxblaye.fr. Retrieved 2 January 2020. mondial, UNESCO Centre du patrimoine. "Fortifications...
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fort was linked to other forts around Belfort via the Chemins de fer du Territoire de Belfort strategic railroad. The fort was modernized between 1908...
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Fort des Basses Perches, also known as Fort Valmy, was built between 1874 and 1877 in Danjoutin and Belfort in northeastern France. It is part of the...
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Airbase 942 Lyon-Mont Verdun. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun itself. Work began in 1874 and...
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Châlons-en-Champagne (section Camp de Mourmelon)
old town circus, completed in 1899, is sheltering the Centre National des Arts du Cirque (CNAC). Hôtel de Ville Châlons Cathedral Notre-Dame-en-Vaux church...
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Musée des Beaux-Arts Mémorial des camps de la mort Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée Musée Cantini Musée des docks romains Musée...
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Fort du Mont Bart is located to the south of Montbéliard, France. It was built between November 1874 and July 1877 as part of the Séré de Rivières system...
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Maginot en Haute Ubaye: Forts de Roche-la-Croix et du Haut de Saint-Ours. Barcelonette: Association pour la valorisation du patrimoine de l'Ubaye....
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siècles), p. 41 Mustapha Khanoussi, Dougga, p. 61 Yvon Thébert, Thermes romains d'Afrique du Nord et leur contexte méditerranéen, éd. École française de Rome...
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