Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Aquitaine

Fortification de Vauban
33460 Cussac-Fort-Médoc

Fort Médoc, built at the end of the 17th century in Cussac-Fort-Médoc in Gironde, is a military work designed by Vauban to protect Bordeaux from river attacks. This fortified complex, typical of Louis XIV's defensive architecture, is part of the UNESCO-listed network of major Vauban sites.

64130 Chéraute

The Protohistoric Fortification of Chéraut is an archaeological site dating from the Protohistory, located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in New Aquitaine, classified as Historic Monument since 1983.

64310 Sare

The Suhamendi dread, also known as Zuharamendy, is a military fortification in the 18th-18th century in Sare (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), on the heights of the Rhune, in the French-Spanish defensive apparatus.

Patrimoine défensif
24620 Tursac

The fort of Tursac and its medieval troglodytic village, dated from the 14th to the 15th centuries, dominate the valley of the Vézère in Tursac (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), mixing castral ruins, rock chapel and semi-troglodytic dwellings dug in the limestone cliff.

Tour
24510 Val de Louyre et Caudeau

The remains of the tower of Saint-Alvere, built in the 13th century in Val de Louyre and Caudeau (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), are the remains of a feudal castle dominated by a circular defensive tower, now partially eclipsed and classified as a historical monument.

Fortification de Vauban
64100 Bayonne

The Fort du Réduit, a former military work designed by Vauban in the 17th century, was located in Bayonne in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Today partially disappeared, its remains have been classified as historical monuments since 2013.

64310 Ascain

The dread of Esnaur, built between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is a polygonal military fortification located in Ascain, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, integrated into the Rhune defensive system against Spanish and Anglo-Portuguese invasions.

64220 Uhart-Cize

Kurutchamendy's dread, built in the 1st quarter of the 19th century in Uhart-Cize (New Aquitaine), is a military work linked to the Franco-Spanish defence under Napoleon.