Fort du Randouillet

  • Historic site and monument
  • Military Patrimony
  • Fort
  • UNESCO World Heritage
  • Town of Art & History
  • Classical
  • 19th C
  • 18th C
  • Classified
, 05100 Briançon
Please note that the nearest station is more than
Located on a narrower and steeper position than the other works, this fort is built on three platforms. Its main role was to prevent an attack by the assailant from the ridges.
In his 1700 project, Vauban did not mention the Randouillet hill. In 1709, in the middle of the War of Spanish Succession, Marshal de Berwick had it occupied by a temporary entrenched camp. As early as 1718, a project was drawn up, followed by another reworked in 1722. In 1734, the Randouillet fort took on its definitive appearance (a chapel, a fourth barracks, an officers' pavilion and an arsenal remained in the planning stage). Modernisations were carried out in 1833, with the replacement...

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Fort du Randouillet
, 05100 Briançon
Please note that the nearest station is more than
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