Forts, fortifications, arsenals in the East

Fortification
68000 Colmar

Colmar's guard corps, a 16th century Renaissance Rhine building, stands in the Cathedral Square. Former town hall transformed into a municipal building, it houses a medieval ossuary crypt and a historic loggia.

Strong
08600 Givet

Charlemont Fort, built in the 16th century at Givet (Great East), is a bastioned fortress overlooking the Meuse, marked by changes in the 17th and 19th centuries under Vauban and Séré de Rivières.

Fortress
88330 Châtel-sur-Moselle

The fortress of Châtel-sur-Moselle, built from the 11th century and rebuilt until the 16th century, is a vast castle of 5 hectares located in the Vosges, in the Great East. Classified as a historical monument, it illustrates the evolution of medieval military techniques.

Fortification
68750 Bergheim

The fortifications of Bergheim, built in the 14th century, form an exceptionally preserved medieval double wall in the Upper Rhine, with towers and historic gates still visible today.

Fortification
68970 Guémar

The fortifications of Guémar, built in the 14th and 18th centuries, are a medieval defensive complex located in Guémar in the Upper Rhine, including a enclosure, towers and the High Gate, classified as a historical monument since 1932.

Fortification
68340 Riquewihr

The fortifications of Riquewihr, built between the late 13th and early 16th centuries, form a medieval and Renaissance defensive complex located in this Alsatian city of the Upper Rhine, classified as a Historical Monument since 1900.

Fortification
08230 Rocroi

The fortifications of Rocroi, built between the 16th and 19th centuries in the Ardennes, form a bastioned, star-shaped enclosure, a strategic symbol of the north-eastern border of France.

Fortification
52150 Outremécourt

The Mothe-en-Bassigny, an ancient 13th century Lorrain citadel located in Outremecourt in the Great East, was a major stronghold razed in 1645 after historic seats.