France · 19th century
Fort d'Ivry ranks #4,184 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #338 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1841, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,492 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 47 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Paris, 7 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
Fort d'Ivry was built in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine between 1841 and 1845, as one of the forts in a ring of strong points surrounding Paris. The fort is about 1 kilometre outside the Thiers Wall, built by the same program in response to a perception that Paris was vulnerable to invasion and occupation. The fort was upgraded in the 1870s, to cope with improvements in artillery performance as part of the Séré de Rivières system. In 1946, the fort was vacated by the garrison. It is now the home of the Communication and Audiovisual Production Company for the Department of Defense (Établissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la Défense, E.C.P.A.D.).
Text adapted from “Fort d'Ivry” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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