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Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Charente-Maritime

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Muschel Battery

17390 La Tremblade

The Muschel battery, built between 1943 and 1945 in La Tremblade, is a defensive structure of the Atlantic wall, equipped with 240 mm guns in the Coubre forest in Charente-Maritime.
Citadel and fortifications

17480 au Château-d'Oléron

The citadel of Château-d'Oléron, built between 1630 and 1704, is a 17th century bastioned military structure located on the island of Oléron, Charente-Maritime, designed to defend the Atlantic coast and serve as a boarding point for New France.
Brouage powders and barracks
Arsenal
17320 Marennes-Hiers-Brouage

Brouage's fireworks and barracks, built in the 17th century at Marennes-Hiers-Brouage, form an emblematic military ensemble of New Aquitaine, linked to Rochefort's arsenal and coastal defence.
Fortin of the two mills of La Rochelle
Fortin
17000 La Rochelle

The Fortin des Deux Moulins, built in the 18th century in La Rochelle, is a dread integrated into the medieval enclosure, classified as a historical monument in 1925.
La Rochelle maritime fortifications
Fortification
17000 La Rochelle

The maritime fortifications of La Rochelle, built in the seventeenth century, incorporate medieval remains such as the Saint-Nicolas Tower and the Tower of the Chain, forming an emblematic defensive ensemble of the Atlantic port.
Fort Lapointe
Defensive heritage
17450 Fouras

Fort Lapointe, built in 1672 at Fouras (Charente-Maritime), is a 17th to 18th century defensive military work protecting the Rochefort arsenal. Listed as historical monuments in 2002.
Needle Fort
Defensive heritage
17450 Fouras

The fort of the Aiguille, or dread of the Eguille, is a 17th century coastal fortification located in Fouras, New Aquitaine, designed to defend the entrance of the Charente against maritime invasions.
Caserne Latouche-Tréville de Rochefort
Case
17300 Rochefort

The Latouche-Tréville barracks, a former 18th-century mansion in Rochefort, was transformed into a military barracks from 1787 to 1939. Ranked a historic monument in 1967, it illustrates the civil and military architecture of the region.