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    Planoise (French pronunciation: [planwaz]) is an urban area in the western part of Besançon, France, built in the 1960s between the hill of Planoise and...
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    Commons has media related to Fort de Planoise. The fort of Planoise is a fortification located on the summit of the hill of Planoise, in Besançon (Franche-Comté...
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    Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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    Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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    Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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    fort was connected to other Belfort forts by the Chemins de fer du Territoire de Belfort strategic railroad. The fort was equipped with optical semaphores...
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    barrière de fer: l'architecture des forts du général Séré de Rivières (1872–1914) [The Iron Wall: The Architecture of the Forts of General Séré de Rivières...
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    Planoise is a new urban zone created at the end of the 1960s because of the high demography of the city (Besançon). Before the buildings, there were a...
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    telephone. Fort Souville is located south of Fort Douaumont and southwest of Fort Vaux. The fort was one of the first forts of the Séré de Rivières system...
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    Bastille (Grenoble) (category Forts in France)
    in his book Histoire des fortifications de Grenoble de l'an 43 avant JC à 1900. The main square in the fort is now named after him; a plaque tells us...
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