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Fort Barraux

France

Architect
Ercole Negro
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Barraux
Coordinates
45.4358°, 5.98723°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons · Plan
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Fort Barraux in France
Photo: NojePierpz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Fort Barraux, located in the commune of Barraux in Isère, is one of the oldest bastioned forts of the Alps still in its original state.

Machine-translated from “Fort Barraux” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fort Barraux ranks #7,883 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #778 of the 954 mapped in France. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Annecy, 53 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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