Fort de Saint-Cyr

The Fort de Saint-Cyr (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də sɛ̃ siʁ]), located in the commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines), is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. After the first world war the fort was used as an army weather station and arms depot. Classed in 1992 as a monument historique, it is now used as a film depository for the preservation of movies under the Cinémathèque française.

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Fort de Saint-Cyr ranks #3,949 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #305 of the 351 mapped in France. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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