stake for heresy without trial on March 18, 1314, where the Square du Vert Galant stands in Paris today. The Temple is also known for having been the...
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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 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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Île de la Cité (redirect from Île du Palais)
and the land was developed into the Place Dauphine and the Square du Vert-Galant. Henry IV began the practice of selling lots on the island for private...
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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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Gardens of Versailles (redirect from Jardins du château de Versailles)
winter of 1774–1775, the Bosquet du Théâtre d'Eau was destroyed and replaced with the unadorned Bosquet du Rond-Vert (Marie 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984; Thompson...
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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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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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the island. Today the tip of the island is the location of the Square du Vert-Galant, a small public park named in honour of Henry IV, nicknamed the "Green...
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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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Fort Souville, briefly called Fort Lemoine, was one of the forts of the Verdun Fortification District, situated in the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont...
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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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they meet, there are two other named places, the Place du Pont-Neuf and the Square du Vert-Galant. The Place Dauphine was laid out in 1607–10, when the...
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Ouvrage Mont Agel (redirect from Fort Mont Agel)
Mont Agel. The ouvrage forms a backup to the main curtain of Alpine Line forts, and was not initially planned as part of the Alpine Line proper. Its intended...
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Babel, 1998, 453 pages (coll. Les Épistolaires) Marie Brantôme, Le Galant exil du marquis de Boufflers, 1786 Jean Baptiste Léonard Durand, Voyage au Sénégal...
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The Fort de la Pompelle, also known as Fort Herbillon, is one of a number of forts built around Reims after 1870 as part of a fortification belt in the...
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Ouvrage Boussois (redirect from Fort de Boussois)
World War on 22 May 1940. The site is now abandoned. The Fort de Boussois, also known as the Fort de Kilmaine, was built between 1881 and 1883 as part of...
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Bastille (Grenoble) (category Forts in France)
valley floors that are in evidence today. The location was chosen for a fort because it facilitated the surveillance and control of the city of Grenoble...
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The Fort du Trou-d'Enfer, also known as the Réduit du Trou-d'Enfer, is one of the fortifications of Paris, It is located in Marly-le-Roi, in the departement...
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the fort at Giromagny, as well as the road to Basel, to protect the Fort de Bessoncourt's flank, and to support Fort du Salbert. The rectangular fort initially...
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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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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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Restauration du Fort d'Uxegney et de la Place d'Epinal. 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010. Site de l'Association pour la Restauration du Fort d'Uxegney et...
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resumed his original mission. On 30 May 1769, he departed, along with Vert-Galant, under Commander La Fontaine, bound for Saint-Brandon, where he arrived...
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Ouvrage Sapey (redirect from Fort du Sapey)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fort du Sapey. Ouvrage Sapey is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line,...
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Fort de Villey-le-Sec, also known as Fort Trévise, is a fortification of the 19th century, built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...
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Séré de Rivières system (section Forts)
barrière de fer: l'architecture des forts du général Séré de Rivières (1872–1914) [The Iron Wall: The Architecture of the Forts of General Séré de Rivières (1872–1914)]...
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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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The Fort de Vaujours, located in the commune of Courtry, Seine-Saint-Denis, near the town of Vaujours, is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th...
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and the Fort du Bois d'Oye, covering the road from Basel and the Mulhouse railway line. It was garrisoned by between 500 and 600 men. The fort received...
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