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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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    The Batterie de Bouviers is located in the commune of Guyancourt, Yvelines, France. It is a former fortification built beginning in 1879 and occupied...
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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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Bron
    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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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Vaujours
    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 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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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Bourlémont
    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 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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  • Ouvrage Les Sarts (category Séré de Rivières system)
    Like the other three ouvrages near Maubeuge, it is built on an old Séré de Rivières system fortification, near the town of Marieux. The original Fort...
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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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    now abandoned. The Fort de Boussois, also known as the Fort de Kilmaine, was built between 1881 and 1883 as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...
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    The Fort de Domont was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the north of Paris in Domont, the fort was part of an outer...
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  • Ouvrage Bersillies (category Séré de Rivières system)
    Like the other three ouvrages near Maubeuge, it is built on an old Séré de Rivières-system fortification, near the town of Bersillies. The preserved...
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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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    of the Séré de Rivières system, whose construction was completed in 1879. It is near Wimereux, in the Pas-de-Calais on the tip of Pointe de la Crèche....
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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Maulde
    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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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Seclin
    The Fort de Seclin, also known as Fort Duhoux, is located near the commune of Seclin, France, about 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) south of Lille. Built from...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort de l'Infernet
    The Fort de l'Infernet is a fortification complex near Briançon in the French Alps. It was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort de la Croix-de-Bretagne
    The Fort de la Croix-de-Bretagne is a fortification in the vicinity of Briançon in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. It was built as part of...
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