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French military and defensive heritage

Here you will find feudal mottes, forts, fortresses, dongeons, tours, citadels, bastions and a special page for residues of the two major wars; all classified by region and departments.

les Castles and military heritage of France

528 dungeons, towers, citadels and bastions en France
265 forts, fortifications and arsenals en France
97 castral mots en France
109 remains of the two major wars en France
French military and defensive heritage

Sélection de 8 elements of military and defensive heritage sur 999 en France

Donjon de Loches
Château de la Loire
37600 Loches

Le donjon de Loches, built in the 11th century, is an iconic medieval castle located in Loches in Indre-et-Loire, in the heart of the Centre-Val de Loire region. This Romanesque stone dungeon, among the best preserved in France, dominates a strategic rocky spur overlooking the Indre valley.
Black Falcon Donjon
Château de la Loire
37250 Montbazon

The Donjon du Faucon Noir, built in Montbazon (Indre-et-Loire), is a 11th-century medieval dungeon, a vestige of an angeline fortress overlooking the Indre Valley, now open to the public.
Sisteron citadel
Citadelles
04200 Sisteron

The citadel of Sisteron, a medieval fortress and military bastion of the 16th-17th centuries, dominates the town of Sisteron in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, a strategic lock between Dauphiné and Provence.
Vimy Memorial
Monument commémoratif 14-18
62580 Vimy

The Canadian National Memorial in Vimy, located in the Hauts-de-France, is a World War I memorial, honouring Canadian soldiers who died in France. Built on the ridge of Vimy (Pas-de-Calais), it symbolizes their decisive victory in April 1917.
Donjon de La Roche-Posay
Donjons
86270 La Roche-Posay

The Donjon de La Roche-Posay, a 12th century medieval defensive building, is a castle vestige located in Vienna, New Aquitaine. This tuffeau stone monument peaks at 23 meters.
Fortified enclosure called citadel
Citadelles
20169 Bonifacio

The citadel of Bonifacio, a medieval fortified enclosure built in the 12th century, dominates the Corsican town on a 60-metre cliff. This Genoese president, both military and urban, controlled the mouths of Bonifacio and protected the trade routes between Genoa, Liguria and Sardinia.
Pentagonal tower of Castellane
Tour
04120 Castellane

Castellane Pentagonal Tower, built in the 14th century, is a fortified tower emblematic of the ramparts of this city of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, classified as a historical monument in 1921.
Tour d'Avalon de Saint-Maximin
Tour
38530 Saint-Maximin

The Avalon Tower, erected in 1895 in Saint-Maximin (Isère), is a 19th-century historical monument built by the Chartreux on the ruins of a medieval castle, in homage to Saint Hugues d'Avalon.