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The Fort de la Revère is a military fortification built in the Alpes-Maritimes department, above the village of Eze, at an altitude of 696 metres. Integrated into the forest park of Grande Corniche, it offers a panoramic view of the coast, from Italy to the Esterel massif, and even allows you to see Cape Corsica in clear weather. This strategic site, designed according to the Séré de Rivières system, is part of a network of defences built between 1874 and the beginning of World War I.

The fort adopts a trapezoidal plan surrounded by a dry ditch and caponières, with an initial armament of 16 cannons and 4 mortars. Complete with three auxiliary batteries (Calanca, Forna, Samboules), it protected access routes to the valleys with the fort of Crete. During World War II he served as a prison for British pilots under the Vichy regime. After the war, it was used as a radar station by the Air Force until 1957, then as barracks for the called.

Designed in 1877 under the direction of Commander Wagner and planned by Captain Rougier in 1878, the fort was briefly named Fort Anselme. Decommissioned after World War II, it was closed to the public. Its semi-entered architecture, typical of the fortifications of the period, reflects the military innovations of the late 19th century, combining peripheral batteries and central barracks.

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