©Ubaye Tourisme
©Ubaye Tourisme
Roche-la-Croix is a stone (19th century) and reinforced concrete (20th century) complex - evidence of the relentless escalation of the arms race.
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The redoubt (1900 m) and the Roche-la-Croix battery (2100 m) were built between 1884 and 1889 on the model of General Séré de Rivières.
The whole complex, a lock on the Col de Larche, covers the Viraysse battery (2770 m) on its left flank and Fort Tournoux to the rear.
At 1900 m, a concrete structure, dug under the stone structure, was built from 1931 to 1936, as part of the Maginot Line of the Alps.
Like all "Maginot" forts, only the fighting blocks - 6 in this case - are visible,...
The whole complex, a lock on the Col de Larche, covers the Viraysse battery (2770 m) on its left flank and Fort Tournoux to the rear.
At 1900 m, a concrete structure, dug under the stone structure, was built from 1931 to 1936, as part of the Maginot Line of the Alps.
Like all "Maginot" forts, only the fighting blocks - 6 in this case - are visible,...
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Contact Fort de Roche-la-Croix
