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 of the central battery of the open-air keep by a casemated battery at Haxo, and after 1870, with the construction of new gunpowder shops.
The role of the fort was to prevent an attack by the assailant from the crests and to control the Cerveyrette valley while protecting the Trois Têtes fort.
The work was set within a polygon 250 m in front and 350 m deep. Although it was built in the classical period, the fort is practically free of any regular bastioned layout, given the difficulties of the terrain. It is built on several levels
At the top: the keep, crowns the rocky outcrop and completely hides the rest of the fort from dangerous views. Access to the keep is through a gate protected by a zigzag drawbridge. A decoration consisting of two ashlar pilasters and a triangular pediment reminds the enemy of the power of the kingdom. The keep contains a guardhouse, a barracks intended to house the commander of the fort and a security garrison, as well as a 68.5 m3* cistern.
Two watchtowers to shelter the lookouts are still in place.
In the intermediate part, sheltered from enemy fire, stand the main buildings: three Vauban-type barracks arranged in parallel. Two cisterns with a total capacity of 1,062 m3* are located under one of them. Bread ovens, flour shops, liquid and salt cellars are located underground from the one housing the officers. Some of the rooms still have wall paintings made by the soldiers in the 1930s and 1940s. The lower part of the fort plunges down towards Communication Y, which can be reached by going through the lower gate of the fort.
The oldest Vauban-type powder magazines are located in the keep (6.3 tonnes of black powder*) and on the north-west front (84.5 tonnes*).
In the 19th century, a cavern magazine (46 tons) was built in 1874-77, a half-cavern (49 tons) in 1878-81 and a cavern (700 90 mm shells in 1914) in 1890.
The landscape is still marked by the presence of the pylon and the metal frame recipe of the Randouillet-La Seyte cable car built in 1890-1900.
*After Milet de Monville in 1747 - SHD Vincennes
The fort belongs to the town of Briançon and is one of the works included in the World Heritage list for the work of Vauban.
The role of the fort was to prevent an attack by the assailant from the crests and to control the Cerveyrette valley while protecting the Trois Têtes fort.
The work was set within a polygon 250 m in front and 350 m deep. Although it was built in the classical period, the fort is practically free of any regular bastioned layout, given the difficulties of the terrain. It is built on several levels
At the top: the keep, crowns the rocky outcrop and completely hides the rest of the fort from dangerous views. Access to the keep is through a gate protected by a zigzag drawbridge. A decoration consisting of two ashlar pilasters and a triangular pediment reminds the enemy of the power of the kingdom. The keep contains a guardhouse, a barracks intended to house the commander of the fort and a security garrison, as well as a 68.5 m3* cistern.
Two watchtowers to shelter the lookouts are still in place.
In the intermediate part, sheltered from enemy fire, stand the main buildings: three Vauban-type barracks arranged in parallel. Two cisterns with a total capacity of 1,062 m3* are located under one of them. Bread ovens, flour shops, liquid and salt cellars are located underground from the one housing the officers. Some of the rooms still have wall paintings made by the soldiers in the 1930s and 1940s. The lower part of the fort plunges down towards Communication Y, which can be reached by going through the lower gate of the fort.
The oldest Vauban-type powder magazines are located in the keep (6.3 tonnes of black powder*) and on the north-west front (84.5 tonnes*).
In the 19th century, a cavern magazine (46 tons) was built in 1874-77, a half-cavern (49 tons) in 1878-81 and a cavern (700 90 mm shells in 1914) in 1890.
The landscape is still marked by the presence of the pylon and the metal frame recipe of the Randouillet-La Seyte cable car built in 1890-1900.
*After Milet de Monville in 1747 - SHD Vincennes
The fort belongs to the town of Briançon and is one of the works included in the World Heritage list for the work of Vauban.
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...
