• Thumbnail for Fort Douaumont
    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 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 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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    telephone. Fort Souville is located south of Fort Douaumont and southwest of Fort Vaux. The fort was one of the first forts of the Séré de Rivières system...
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    fort was connected to other Belfort forts by the Chemins de fer du Territoire de Belfort strategic railroad. The fort was equipped with optical semaphores...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort de la Pompelle
    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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    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...
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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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  • 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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    Bastille (Grenoble) (category Forts in France)
    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 tells us...
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  • northern France. This fort was built between 1877 and 1880. It is the work of the French general and military engineer Raymond Adolphe Sere de Rivieres. It was...
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    Ouvrage Sapey (redirect from Fort du Sapey)
    that dominates the entire valley. The principal fort was built between 1884 and 1892 as part of the Séré de Rivières system. Construction was initially of...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Roppe
    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...
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    de la Salmagne was built to the northeast of Bersillies in 1884-1895 as part of the Séré de Rivières fortifications of Maubeuge. The trapezoidal fort...
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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...
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    belt of fortifications around Lyon, which also includes Fort de Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun. Its history is linked to the Franco-Prussian...
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    de Rivières system fortification. It retains its armament and is maintained as a museum. Located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Épinal, the Fort d'Uxegney...
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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 du Replaton
    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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  • Thumbnail for Fort du Bruissin
    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Saint-Cyr
    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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    forts around Lyon and more generally the Séré de Rivières fort system. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia, Feyzin and Mont Verdun. It...
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    Charleville-Mézières. As part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications, the fort was planned as part of a new ring of forts replacing the older citadel of...
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  • Ouvrage Bersillies (category Séré de Rivières system)
    Ouvrage de Bersillies was built to the north of Bersillies in 1884-1895 as part of the Séré de Rivières fortifications of Maubeuge. The trapezoidal fort is...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort de Montmorency
    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)
    Maubeuge, it is built on an old Séré de Rivières system fortification, near the town of Marieux. The original Fort des Sarts was built to the west of Marieux...
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  • the road from Nice to the Col de Tende. This corridor represented the main invasion route to Nice from the north. Fort Suchet and Ouvrage Barbonnet operated...
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    the battery. The Batterie de Bouviers was part of an ensemble comprising two forts, the Fort de Villeras in Saclay and the Fort du Haut-Buc, with five peripheral...
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    of Belfort in northeastern France. This second ring of forts was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system and incorporated improvements to deal with...
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