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Fort du lavoir

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Fort du lavoir

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    1. Valfréjus – Fort du lavoir loop from Quartier Sommeiller

    9.36km

    03:12

    430m

    430m

    Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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    Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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    September 13, 2025

    The bunker and barracks near Le Lavoir are part of the so-called Alpine Maginot Line, built in the 1930s to protect against an invasion from Italy. There was indeed an Italian attack up around the Col de Vallée Etroite in June 1940, but it was repelled.

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      Location: Modane, Saint-Jean-De-Maurienne, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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