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Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. They were designed by Vauban
Vauban

S?bastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them....
 (1633–1707), and were added in 2008 to the list of UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
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Numerous other places were fortified by Vauban. (see article
Vauban

S?bastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them....
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Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. They were designed by Vauban
Vauban

S?bastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them....
 (1633–1707), and were added in 2008 to the list of UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
s.

Numerous other places were fortified by Vauban. (see article
Vauban

S?bastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them....
 for details)

List of sites


  • Arras
    Arras

    Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard language dialect....
    , Pas-de-Calais
    Pas-de-Calais

    Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
    : citadel
    Citadel

    A citadel is a Fortification for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin language root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen....
  • Besançon
    Besançon

    Besan?on , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comt? Regions of France in eastern France, with approximately 220,000 inhabitants in the aire urbaine in 1999....
    , Doubs
    Doubs

    Doubs is a departments of France in eastern France named after the Doubs River. Its French pronunciation is /du/ ....
    : citadel, city walls and Fort Griffon
  • Blaye
    Blaye

    Blaye is a Communes of France and Subprefectures in France in the Gironde Departments of France in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Its inhabitants are called Blayais or the Blayaises....
    -Cussac-Fort-Médoc
    Cussac-Fort-Médoc

    Cussac-Fort-M?doc is a Communes of France in the Gironde Departments of France in Aquitaine in southwestern France.Fort M?doc in Cussac-Fort-M?doc - together with several buildings in nearby Blaye - was listed in 2008 as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group....
    , Gironde
    Gironde

    Gironde is a common name for the Gironde Estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a Departments of France in the Aquitaine Regions of France situated in southwest France....
    : citadel of Blaye, city walls, Fort Paté and Fort Médoc
  • Briançon
    Briançon

    Brian?on is a communes of France in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France in the Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is the Subprefectures in France of the department....
    , Hautes-Alpes
    Hautes-Alpes

    Hautes-Alpes is a departments of France in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range....
    : city walls, Redoute des Salettes, Fort des Trois-Têtes, Fort du Randouillet, ouvrage de la communication Y and the Asfeld Bridge
  • Camaret-sur-Mer
    Camaret-sur-Mer

    Camaret-sur-Mer is a communes of France in the Finist?re Departments of France northwestern in France, located at the end of Crozon peninsula....
    , Finistère
    Finistère

    Finist?re is a Departments of France of France, located in Bretagne ....
    : Tour dorée (lit. "Golden Tower") aka. Tour Vauban
    Tour Vauban

    The Tour Vauban , initially known as the tour de Camaret, is an 18m-high polygonal defensive tower built to a plan by Vauban on the Sillon at Camaret-sur-Mer, as part of the fortifications of the goulet de Brest....
  • Longwy
    Longwy

    Longwy is a Communes of France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France.The inhabitants are known as Longoviciens....
    , Meurthe-et-Moselle
    Meurthe-et-Moselle

    Meurthe-et-Moselle is a departments of France in the northeast of France named after the Meurthe River and Moselle River rivers.History ...
    : ville neuve
  • Mont-Dauphin
    Mont-Dauphin

    Mont-Dauphin is a communes of France in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France in southeastern France.At the confluence of Durance and Guil rivers, overlooking the impressive canyon of the latter flowing down from Queyras valley, Mont-Dauphin is one of the many places fortified by Vauban in the second half of the 17th century....
    , Hautes-Alpes
    Hautes-Alpes

    Hautes-Alpes is a departments of France in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range....
    : place forte
  • Mont-Louis
    Mont-Louis

    Mont-Louis is a Communes of France of the Pyr?n?es-Orientales Departments of France in southwestern France.In 2008, the citadel and the city walls of Mont-Louis were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group....
    , Pyrénées-Orientales
    Pyrénées-Orientales

    Pyr?n?es-Orientales is a departments of France of southern France adjacent to the northern Spain frontier and the Mediterranean Sea....
    : citadel and city walls
  • Neuf-Brisach
    Neuf-Brisach

    Neuf-Brisach is a communes of France of the Haut-Rhin departments of France, in France. The town's names in French language and German mean "New Breisach", referring to the Germany town Breisach, located on the other side of the Rhine....
    , Haut-Rhin
    Haut-Rhin

    Haut-Rhin is a Departments of France of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means upper Rhine....
    : ville neuve/Breisach
    Breisach

    Breisach is a city with approximately 16,500 inhabitants, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the districts of Germany Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, about halfway between Freiburg and Colmar?20 kilometers away from each?and about 60 kilometers north of Basel near Kaiserstuhl, Switzerland....
     (Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    ): gateway of the Rhine
    Rhine

    File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
  • Saint-Martin-de-Ré
    Saint-Martin-de-Ré

    Saint-Martin-de-R? is a Communes of France in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France in western France.It is one of the 10 communes located on the ?le de R?....
    , Charente-Maritime
    Charente-Maritime

    Charente-Maritime is a departments of France on the west coast of France named after the Charente River....
    : city walls and citadel
  • Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
    Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

    Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is a Communes of France in the Manche Departments of France in Normandy in northwestern France....
    /Tatihou
    Tatihou

    Tatihou is an island of Normandy in France with an area of 290,000 square metres. It is located to the east of the Cotentin peninsula just off the coast near Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue....
    , Manche
    Manche

    Manche is a France Departments of France in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French language name for the English Channel....
    : watchtowers
  • Villefranche-de-Conflent
    Villefranche-de-Conflent

    Villefranche-de-Conflent is a small walled town in the Pyr?n?es-Orientales d?partement in France, southwestern France.In 2008 Villefranche de Conflent won the coveted award of UNESCO World Heritage Site status....
    , Pyrénées-Orientales
    Pyrénées-Orientales

    Pyr?n?es-Orientales is a departments of France of southern France adjacent to the northern Spain frontier and the Mediterranean Sea....
    : city walls, Fort Libéria and Cova Bastera


Two sites initially considered were removed from the final list:
  • Bazoches
    Bazoches

    Bazoches is a Communes of France in the Ni?vre Departments of France in central France....
    , Nièvre
    Nièvre

    Ni?vre is a departments of France in the center of France named after the Ni?vre ....
    : château
  • Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan
    Morbihan

    Morbihan is a departments of France in the northwest of France named after the Morbihan , the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline....
    : citadel and walls surrounding Le Palais
    Le Palais

    Le Palais is a Communes of France in the Morbihan Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France.It is one of the four communes on the island Belle ?le....


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