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Fort de Pierre-Levée

France · 19th century

Founded
c. 1850
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
L'Île-d'Yeu
Coordinates
46.71906°, -2.3588°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Fort de Pierre-Levée in France
Photo: Stéphane Batigne · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Fort de Pierre-Levée (better known locally under the name "la Citadelle" or simply "le fort") is a 19th-century fort located on the Île d'Yeu (Vendée), not far from the village of Port-Joinville. It was the place of detention of Philippe Pétain after the war. It has been listed in the inventory of historic monuments since 1984.

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

In the rankings

Fort de Pierre-Levée ranks #6,174 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #545 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,408 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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