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Blason Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Sélection de 8 forts, fortifications and arsenals sur 36 en Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Mede Battery
Fortification
83400 Hyères

The Médes battery, built in the 18th and 19th centuries on the island of Porquerolles (Hyères), is a coastal fortification protecting the Toulon harbour, classified as a historic monument in 1989.
Convention Battery in Cannes
Fortification
06150 Cannes

The Convention battery, a 19th century military building, is located on Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Bay of Cannes. Built in 1862, it bears witness to the defensive architecture of the time in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Fort de Balaguier
Patrimoine défensif
83500 La Seyne-sur-Mer

Balaguier Fort, built in the 17th century in La Seyne-sur-Mer, is a military work designed to protect the Toulon harbour, now transformed into a maritime museum.
Fort des Salettes
Patrimoine défensif
05100 Briançon

Fort des Salettes, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century, is a Vubanesque fortification overlooking Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, protecting the road to Italy.
Head Fort
Patrimoine défensif
05100 Briançon

Fort des Têtes is an 18th century fortified fortification overlooking Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, designed to defend the city. Ranked a historic monument and registered with UNESCO, it illustrates Vauban's military architecture.
Fort du Randouillet
Patrimoine défensif
05100 Briançon

Fort du Randouillet, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century, is a dominant military fortification Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, integrated with the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Balloon furnaces of the islands of Lérins
Arsenal
06150 Cannes

The ball furnaces of the Lérins islands, built in the 17th century near Cannes, are military installations intended to heat fire projectiles to defend the Provencal coast.
Barry de la Bâtie or Mur des Vaudois aux Vigneaux
Rempart
05120 Les Vigneaux

The Barry de la Bâtie, or Wall of the Vaudois, is a medieval fortification of the 13th-XIVth century located in the Vigneaux (Hautes-Alpes), barring the valley of the Durance with a creneled wall of 300 m and three round towers.