Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Burgundy

Fortification
71250 Cluny

The Cluny fortifications are a medieval defensive complex from the 10th to the 16th century, located in Cluny in Saône-et-Loire, including walls, towers and fortified gates around the abbey and the village.

Arsenal
21130 Auxonne

The Arsenal d'Auxonne, built in the 17th and 18th centuries, is a former military building located in Auxonne in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, classified as a Historical Monument since 1968.

Patrimoine défensif
21600 Longvic

Beauregard Fort, built between 1877 and 1881 at Longvic (Côte-d'Or), is a military structure of the Séré de Rivières system, designed to protect Dijon after 1870. It illustrates the defensive architecture of the 19th century in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

21121 Hauteville-lès-Dijon

The Fort d'Hauteville, built in the 3rd quarter of the 19th century in Hauteville-lès-Dijon, is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system overlooking the city of Dijon, Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

21200 Beaune

The fortifications of Beaune, built between the 15th and 17th centuries in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, are a set of partially preserved ramparts, towers and bastions, witnesses to the military history of the city after its attachment to France.

Patrimoine défensif
21000 Dijon

Fort de la Motte-Giron, built in the 2nd half of the 19th century in Dijon, is a pentagonal military structure of the Séré de Rivières system, designed to defend the city and its strategic axes.

Fortification
58000 Nevers

The Gloriette is a 17th-century pavilion in Nevers, a vestige of an Italian-style castle built under the Gonzague. Located in Place des Reines de Poland, it illustrates the residential architecture of the late Renaissance in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

21490 Varois-et-Chaignot

The Fort de Varois, built at the end of the 19th century in Varois-et-Chaignot in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a military work designed as part of the Séré de Rivières defensive system to protect the Dijon-Est road.