• Fortifications of Vauban

  Fortifications of Vauban

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  <img src=’http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/sites/site_1283.jpg‘ target=’blank‘ align=’left‘ style=’padding:5px‘>Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France. They represent the finest examples of the work of S&eacute;bastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), a military engineer of King Louis XIV. The serial property includes towns built from scratch by Vauban, citadels, urban bastion walls and&nbsp;bastion towers. There are also mountain forts, sea forts, a mountain battery and two mountain communication structures. This property is inscribed as bearing witness to the peak of classic fortifications, typical of western military architecture. Vauban also played a major role in the history of fortification in Europe and on other continents until the mid-19th century.

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