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Citadel of St. Tropez

France · 17th century

Founded
1602
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit · classified historical monument
Location
Saint-Tropez
Coordinates
43.2722°, 6.64458°
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Citadel of St. Tropez in France
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Description

The Citadel of Saint-Tropez is a "pre-Vauban" citadel from the early 17th century, containing the Maritime History Museum of Saint-Tropez. The citadel's keep has been listed as a historic monument since 12 December 1921, and its enclosure has been listed since 4 July 1995; the glacis of the citadel's counterscarp was, for its part, registered on 23 August 1990.

Machine-translated from “Citadelle de Saint-Tropez” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Citadel of St. Tropez ranks #4,268 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #346 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1602, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,395 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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