벨셰네스트‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪5‬개의 동굴

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.

old castle ruins

impressive Vauban work , free access except for the museum

imposing large fortress with a great view of the city and the surrounding area. Visiting the entire complex without the museums is free.

Bastioned towers with two floors of fire, counter-guards, large underground, nothing is missing in this ingenious defensive system, further strengthened in the first quarter of the nineteenth century by the engineer General Haxo. Opening From September 1st to June 30th, every day from 8am to 6.30pm (except Tuesdays at 5pm). From July 1st to August 31st, every day from 8am to 8pm

Started in 1831, roughly triangular in shape, it is a bastioned fort with a cavalier, intended to accommodate a dozen guns in the open air. On the west bastion stands a tower serving as an observatory. Hit by shells in 1870-1871 and in 1940, it was rebuilt each time, more for sentimental than military reasons. Indeed, before the construction of the fort, this place was already occupied by a very old stone tower of uncertain origins and destination, which has become a real symbol for the Belfortains.

The Belfort citadel is a citadel and fortifications from the 17th century and completed in the 19th century by the military engineers Haxo and Séré de Rivières, in Belfort in the Territoire de Belfort in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. It is a historic strategic military defensive center, the fortified place of Belfort, the fortifications of Eastern France, the iron belt and the towns fortified by Marshal of France Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Its status as an “impregnable” fortress of the Belfort gap was commemorated in the 19th century by the monuments Lion of Belfort and Monument of the Three Sieges of Belfort, by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. The citadel is the subject of multiple protections as historical monuments: a classification on October 23, 1907 (Brisach gate) modified by a classification on August 20, 1913, a classification on March 6, 1923 (Advanced works: advanced bastion B, exterior walls and roofing of the bastion, wall of the rampart and its cover going from bastion B to the gate of Brisach, wall of the rampart and its cover going from the gate of Brisach to the castle, ditches which complete the defense system of the 17th century), an inscription on 13 August 1993 (covered factory canal) and a classification on April 29, 1997 (All the works constituting the castle and its fortifications)1. On September 18, 2020, the citadel was designated a “favorite monument of the French” during the France 3 program The Favorite Monument of the French, on the occasion of European Heritage Days.

a powerful ensemble to defend the city