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Fortress of Charlemont

Fortress of Charlemont

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The Fortress of Charlemont (French: Fort de Charlemont) is a French stronghold located near the Belgian border on the Meuse. It is a citadel, surrounded by a network of outworks,[1] including the connecting forts (Givet and the Mont d'Hours).[2] It dominates the town of Givet and when in use as a working fortress controlled the valley of the Meuse.

  • Destruction within the fort after the First World War.
  • view of the fort from within Givet.
  • The Maugis Tower.
  • Between Condé Charlemont Covered Path.
  • Entrance to Fort Condé.
  • Staircase, the only access point from the glacis to the fort.
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  1. [1]
    Montclos 2009, p. [page needed].
  2. [2]
    Siborne 1895, p. 780.

References

  • Montclos, Jean-Marie Pérouse de (2009) [1972], Architecture. Méthode et vocabulaire (in French), Paris: du patrimoine (publishing heritage), ISBN 2-85822-593-1
  • Siborne, William (1895), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable


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