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

External links

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

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World Heritage Sites in France

Île-de-France	Palace and Park of Versailles Fontainebleau Palace and Park Paris: Banks of the Seine Provins

Parisian basin	Amiens Cathedral Belfries of Belgium and France¹ Bourges Cathedral Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars Chartres Cathedral Climats and terroirs of Burgundy Reims: Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Abbey of Saint-Remi, Palace of Tau Abbey of Fontenay Le Havre Vézelay Church and hill

Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Belfries of Belgium and France¹ Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin

East	Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans Nancy: Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance Strasbourg: Grande Île Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³

West	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Mont Saint-Michel and its bay

South West	Episcopal city, Albi Port of the Moon, Bordeaux Prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère valley Pyrénées – Mont Perdu² Saint-Émilion

Centre East	Chauvet Cave Lyon

Mediterranean	Roman and Romanesque monuments, Arles Carcassonne citadel Gulf of Porto: Calanches de Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble, Avignon Bridge Pont du Gard Orange: Roman Theatre and environs, Triumphal Arch

Multiple regions	The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Canal du Midi Fortifications of Vauban Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

Overseas departments and territories	Lagoons of New Caledonia Pitons, cirques and remparts of Réunion

¹Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium ²Shared with Spain ³Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland

Fortifications of Vauban part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Arras Citadel of Besançon Blaye-Cussac-Fort-Médoc Briançon Camaret-sur-Mer Longwy Mont-Dauphin Mont-Louis Neuf-Brisach Saint-Martin-de-Ré Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue/Tatihou Villefranche-de-Conflent

Coordinates: 50°16′57″N 2°45′32″E / 50.28250°N 2.75889°E / 50.28250; 2.75889

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Fortifications of Vauban

List of sites

See also

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