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.
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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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