| Historic France of Vauban | |
| Information | |
| Telephone prefix | 33 |
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| Location | |
 46 ° 54 ′ 36 ″ N 2 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
Historic France of Vauban is an overview of constructions that have influenced the sites and history of the France.
Understand
By the location and the geographical location of the constructions (creation, reorganization, reduction) of Vauban we understand the defensive belt that he wanted to create.
Who has never walked in France without having heard and seen, a city, a fortress, a place, without having heard of Vauban. Hence this informal directory of sites that you can come across without being surprised.
In clockwise order.
- Who was Vauban
- Vauban's constructions
- List of Vauban forts – Created, reworked and / or attributed to Vauban.
- List of Vauban citadels – Created, reduced, reworked or supplemented by Vauban.
- List of towns fortified by Vauban
- UNESCO-Fortifications of Vauban
At the northern borders: Hauts de France - Picardy - Nord - Pas-de-Calais
Reading from north to south
- 1 Abbeville
- 2 Montreuil-sur-Mer
- 3 Ambleteuse – Fort Mahon
- 4 Calais
- 5 Gravelines
- 6 Bourbourg
- 7 Dunkirk – Creation of the square
- 8 Bergues
- 9 Saint-Omer
- 10 Aire-sur-la-Lys
- 11 Bethune
- 12 La Bassée
- 13 Lille – Fortification of the city and creation of the citadel
- 14 Douai
- 15 Arras – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 16 Balm
- 17 Peronne
- 18 Saint-Quentin
- 19 Guise
- 20 Cambrai
- 21 Bilge
- 22 Valenciennes
- 23 Condé-sur-l'Escaut
- 24 The Quesnoy
- 25 Landrecies
- 26 Maubeuge – Creation of the square
- 27 Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Belgium - Luxembourg - Netherlands
Reading from north to south
- 1 Veurne (Veurne)
- 2 Nieuwpoort (Nieuwpoort)
- 3 Knock (Knokke)
- 4 Ypres (Ieper)
- 5 Menen (Menen)
- 6 [[Kortrijk |Kortrijk]]
- 7 Tournai
- 8 Ath (Aat)
- 9 Mons
- 10 Charleroi
- 11 Namur
- 12 Philippeville
- 13 Broth
- 14 Maastricht
- 15 Luxembourg
Marsal to locate
At the borders of the North-East: Champagne - Ardennes - Lorraine
Reading from west to east
- 1 Givet
- 2 Rocroi
- 3 Charleville-Mezieres – Mezieres
- 4 Sedan
- 5 Montmedy
- 6 Verdun
- 7 Longwy – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 8 Thionville
- 9 Metz
- 10 Toul – Creation of the square
- 11 Nancy
- 12 Bitche
- 13 Phalsbourg – New town
Germany
Reading from north to south
- 1 Traben-Trarbach - Fortress of Mount Royal
- 2 Saarlouis – New town
- 3 Landau in Palatinate (Landau in der Pfalz)
- 4 Philippsburg
- 5 Kehl
- 6 Vieux-Brisach (Breisach am Rhein)
- 7 Freiburg im Breisgau
At the eastern borders: Alsace - Franche-Comté
Reading from north to south
- 1 Fort-Louis – New town
- 2 Strasbourg – Citadel and Barrage Vauban
- 3 Selestat – Creation of the square
- 4 Neuf-Brisach – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 5 Huningue – New town
- 6 Leymen - Landskron Castle – Upper Rhine
- 7 Belfort – Creation of the square
- 8 Blamont
- 9 Besancon – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 10 Auxonne
- 11 Dole
- 12 Salins-les-Bains
- 13 Strong of Joux (TO La Cluse-et-Mijoux)
Mountain fortifications in the Alps
Reading from north to south
- 1 Léaz - Fort l'Écluse
- 2 Fort Barraux
- 3 Grenoble
- 4 Briançon - Citadel – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 5 Briançon - Fort des Têtes
- 6 Château-Ville-Vieille - Château-Queyras
- 7 Mont-Dauphin – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 8 Embrun (at the edge of Serre-Ponçon lake)
- 9 Saint-Vincent-les-Forts – Fort of Saint-Vincent-les-Forts
- 10 Seyne-les-Alpes – Creation of the square
- 11 Sisteron
- 12 Colmars-Colmars-les-Alpes – Creation of the square
- 13 Guillaumes – Creation of the square
- 14 Entrevaux
Italy
Reading from north to south
- 15 Exiles – Italy
- 16 Fenestrelle – Italy
- 17 Pignerol (Pinerolo) – Italy
Mediterranean sea front
Reading from east to west
- 1 Villefranche sur mer
- 2 Nice
- 3 Saint-Paul de Vence
- 4 Antibes
- 5 Sainte-Marguerite Island
- 6 Saint Tropez
- 7 Toulon
- 8 Marseilles
- 9 Fort de Bouc said Fort-Vauban (In Martigues)
- 10 Pont-Saint-Esprit
- 11 Nimes – Creation of the square
- 12 Ales – Creation of the square
- 13 Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort – Creation of the square
- 14 Sète
- 15 Collioure
- 16 Port-Vendres – Creation of the square
Mountain fortifications in the Pyrenees
Reading from east to west
- 1 Salses-le-Chateau - Fortress of Salses
- 2 Perpignan
- 3 The Perthus - Fort de Bellegarde
- 4 Amelie-les-Bains - Fort-les-Bains – Creation of the Fort-les-Bains square
- 5 Prats-de-Mollo - Fort Lagarde – Creation of Fort Lagarde, and fortification of the city
- 6 Villefranche-de-Conflent - Fort Liberia (Fort Liberia) – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 7 Mont-Louis – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
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- 9 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Atlantic Ocean seafront
Reading from north to south
- 1 Brest
- 2 Camaret – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 3 Concarneau – Fortifications
- 4 Port Louis
- 5 Belle-Île-en-Mer
- 6 Houat – Creation of the square
- 7 Hoedic – Creation of the square
- 8 Ile d'Yeu – Fort of Pierre Levée
- 9 Saint-Martin-de-Ré – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 10 Sablanceaux – Redoubt of Rivedoux (Sablanceaux)
- 11 La Rochelle
- 12 Aix Island – Fort de la Rade - Fort Liedo
- 13 Fort Enet (Aynet)
- 14 Fort Vauban
- 15 Fouras – Fort La Pointe (http://www.fouras.net/v2/patrimoine.php?ref=4) - Fort de l'Aiguille (http://www.fouras.net/v2/patrimoine.php?ref=5)
- 16 Madame Island
- 17 Fort Lupine – Fort construction
- 18 Rochefort
- 19 Brouage
- 20 The Château-d'Oléron
- 21 Fort Louvois – Construction of Fort Louvois or Fort du Chapus
- 22 Blaye – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 23 Fort Paté – Fort construction
- 24 Fort Medoc – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 25 Bayonne – Fortifications and Citadel
- 26 Saint Jean de Luz – Construction of the Fort de Socoa
Channel seafront
Reading from west to east
- 1 Stiff Lighthouse
- 2 Cézon island – Construction of the Cézon island fort
- 3 Carantec
- 4 Fort-la-Latte
- 5 Harbor Island
- 6 Cézembre Island
- 7 Fort de la Conchée – Creation
- 8 Little Bé
- 9 Saint Malo
- 10 The Minihic-sur-Rance
- 11 Chausey Islands
- 12 Cherbourg
- 13 Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue – Network of major Vauban sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 14 Tatihou
- 15 Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
- 16 Dieppe
