Fortifications of Vauban

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Fortifications of Vauban
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Citadel of Besançon (Doubs), 1668-1711
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iv
Reference	1283
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	2008 (32nd Session)

The Fortifications of Vauban are 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the borders of France. They were designed by Vauban (1633–1707), and were added in 2008 to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

List of sites

Location of the sites

• Arras, Pas-de-Calais: citadel
• Besançon, Doubs: citadel, city walls and Fort Griffon
• Blaye-Cussac-Fort-Médoc, Gironde: citadel of Blaye, city walls, Fort Paté and Fort Médoc
• Briançon, Hautes-Alpes: city walls, Redoute des Salettes, Fort des Trois-Têtes, Fort du Randouillet, ouvrage de la communication Y and the Asfeld Bridge
• Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère: Tour dorée (lit. "Golden Tower") aka. Tour Vauban
• Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle: ville neuve
• Mont-Dauphin, Hautes-Alpes: place forte
• Mont-Louis, Pyrénées-Orientales: citadel and city walls
• Neuf-Brisach, Haut-Rhin: ville neuve/Breisach (Germany): gateway of the Rhine
• Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Maritime: city walls and citadel
• Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue/Tatihou, Manche: watchtowers
• Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales: city walls, Fort Libéria and Cova Bastera

Two sites initially considered were removed from the final list:

• Bazoches, Nièvre: château
• Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan: citadel and walls surrounding Le Palais

• 

  Longwy

• 

  Neuf-Brisach

See also

• Vauban Fortifications

External links

• http://www.sites-vauban.org/ (French)