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Blaye Citadel

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Blaye Citadel

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Location: New Aquitaine, France

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1. Citadelles of Blaye and Bourg - loop in Côtes de Bourg

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2. Port de Plassac – Citadelle de Bourg loop from Bourg

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3. Port de Plassac – Citadelle de Bourg loop from Blaye

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🕊️ 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒓

June 6, 2018

Very well preserved 1689 Vauban fort with pedestrian center and a cool campground with spectacular views on the walls high above the river

Pussy et Gégé

May 9, 2022

In its current configuration, the citadel appears as a semicircular complex made up of an enclosure with four bastions and three half-moons, surrounded by deep moats and a counterscarp glacis. To the west, the cliff overlooking the Gironde further reinforces the fortifications

The interior of the fortress forms a veritable “closed city” articulated around the place d'armes. The buildings located within the walls of the citadel have different uses: cultural or associative premises, shops, craftsmen's workshops but also low-rent housing.

Notable works to see are:

- Rudel castle (former fortified castle of the lords of Blaye from the 12th century), remodeled in the 17th century, abandoned from 1820, the castle is being restored.

- The Royal Gate, built in 1685, which is one of the two entrances to the citadel.

- The Porte Dauphine, built in 1689, is one of the two entrances to the stronghold.

- The convent of the Minimes, a monastic complex erected during the reign of King Henri IV

- The headquarters hospital (lower part) and the Théâtre du Mascaret (upper part), the development of this vast semi-buried complex dates from 1739. The headquarters hospital retains the remains of an old barbican from the 13th century demolished in the 17th century, the Porte Saint-Romain.

- The Bastion des Pères, built in 1689 according to plans by Vauban, is one of the four bastions of the citadel.

- The Porte de Liverneuf, built in the 13th century but destroyed in the 17th century to make way for the citadel, is one of the old medieval gates of the old upper town of Blaye.

- The handling (archaeological museum), originally designed as a military prison then converted into a handling and a bakery in 1831, it was decommissioned at the end of the 2nd World War and now houses the city's archaeological museum and the estuary museum managed by the conservatory of the estuary.

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reisevelo🚲🏕️🥾🎒🕊️☮️🌈

June 4, 2023

Citadel built under Vauban to protect the port of Blaye.

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Location: New Aquitaine, France

Blaye Citadel

1. Citadelles of Blaye and Bourg - loop in Côtes de Bourg

2. Port de Plassac – Citadelle de Bourg loop from Bourg

3. Port de Plassac – Citadelle de Bourg loop from Blaye

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