between 1874 and 1881. The Batterie de Bouviers was built between 1877 and 1879 as part of this project, near the village of Bouviers in the town of Guyancourt...
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Fort du Trou-d'Enfer (category Séré de Rivières system)
fortifications in Yvelines: Batterie de Bouviers Batterie du Ravin de Bouviers Fort du Haut-Buc Fort de Saint-Cyr Fort de Bois-d'Arcy Puelinckx, Jean...
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Fort Douaumont (category Séré de Rivières system)
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 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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Fort de Bicêtre Fort de Bois-d'Arcy Batterie de Bouviers Fort de Champigny Fort de Châtillon (Paris) City gates of Paris City walls of Paris Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis...
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Fort Vaux (redirect from Fort de vaux)
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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"Saint-Agnant (batterie de)". Index de la fortification française 1874-1914 (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 8 February 2010. Fort de Liouville site...
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Bastille (Grenoble) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
defensive elements for the city. First, a small fortified citadel around the Tour de l'Isle (a square tower built on the banks of the Isère, which today stands...
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Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Villey-le-Sec (batterie Nord de )". Index de la fortification française 1874-1914 (in French). fortiff.be...
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Fort Souville (redirect from Fort de Souville)
and southwest of Fort Vaux. The fort was one of the first forts of the Séré de Rivières system, being constructed of masonry and limestone rubble covered...
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The Séré de Rivières system was an ensemble of fortifications built from 1874 along the frontiers, ridges and coasts of France. The fortifications were...
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Fort des Ayvelles (redirect from Fort de Dubois-Crancé)
French). Association du Fort et de la Batterie des Ayvelles. Retrieved 14 October 2010. Association du Fort et de la Batterie des Ayvelles (in French) Fort...
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Fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries (category Séré de Rivières system)
fortifications de Paris – 1840" Les chemins de mémoire (Ministere des Armees) (in French) Association de sauvegarde du Fort de Villiers (ASFV), Les forts de la deuxième...
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Verdun; the Batterie de Sathonay and Batterie de Sermenaz, connected to Fort de Vancia; the Fort du Bruissin; the Fort de Corbas; and the Batteries de Parilly...
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Fort du Salbert (category Séré de Rivières system)
was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the Séré de Rivières system fortifications in the fortified region of Belfort in northeastern...
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Fort des Dunes (category Séré de Rivières system)
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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Ouvrage Sapey (category Séré de Rivières system)
Index de la fortification francaise 1874–1914 (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 10 February 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Sapey (batterie du)"...
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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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The Fort de Bourlémont, or Fort Choiseul, was built between 1878 and 1881. The fort was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...
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The Fort de Bron is a fortification built between 1875 and 1877, located in the commune of Bron. It is part of the second belt of fortifications around...
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forts of the second belt of forts around Lyon and more generally the Séré de Rivières fort system. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia...
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Fort d'Uxegney (category Séré de Rivières system)
between 1882 and 1884, and was modernized in 1910. It is an example of a Séré de Rivières system fortification. It retains its armament and is maintained as...
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The Fort de Saint-Cyr, located in the commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, (Yvelines), is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th century to defend...
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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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Ouvrage Mont Agel (redirect from Mont Gros de Roquebrune (fortification))
the north of the Séré de Rivières reduit. They are not used by the French Air Force installation. The observatory Mont-Gros de Roquebrune 43°45′58″N 7°26′35″E...
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Fort de Vézelois, also known as Fort Ordener, was built between 1883 and 1886 near Vézelois, to the southeast of Belfort in northeastern France. It is...
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The Fort de Montmorency was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the north of Paris in Montmorency, the fort was part of...
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Fort de Roppe, also known as Fort Ney, was built between 1875 and 1877. It is part of the second ring of fortifications around the city of Belfort in northeastern...
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The Fort de Vancia is a former military installation built between 1872 and 1878 in the municipalities of Sathonay-Village and Rillieux-la-Pape, north...
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The Fort de Maulde, also known as Fort de Beurnonville and the Ensemble de Maulde, is located to the south of Maulde, France. It is part of the Fortified...
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