The Citadel of Belfort is a historically complex building, reflecting five centuries of fortifications. It was built after the conquest of the city in 1687, replacing a medieval castle that previously stood on this rocky outcrop.
It is a monumental sculpture from 1880 created by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. Completed in 1880, it is entirely made of red sandstone. The …
Former German principality, and nicknamed the city of princes, the country of Montbéliard draws its identity from its Protestant culture and its original history on French soil. It is known …
Montbéliard is an industrial town in eastern France renowned for the Peugeot (car manufacturer) infrastructure which occupies the grounds of the neighboring town of Sochaux. The city has a train …
The Mont Bart fort is a 19th century fortification which dominates the Doubs and Allan valleys. The fort is part of the Séré de Rivières fortification system, built to protect …
The construction of the Mont-Vaudois fort took 3 years between 1874 and 1877. In 1885, the invention of the torpedo shell, I suppose, bombarded the fort from above and led …