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Fort du Salbert

France · 19th century

Founded
1874
Location
Belfort
Elevation
651 m
Coordinates
47.6597°, 6.81302°
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Fort du Salbert in France
Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Fort du Salbert, also known as Fort Lefebvre, was built between 1874 and 1877. It was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the Séré de Rivières system fortifications in the fortified region of Belfort in northeastern France. It is located at the summit of Salbert hill to the northwest of Belfort. During the early years of the Cold War it briefly served as an air defense coordination center.

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In the rankings

Fort du Salbert ranks #5,528 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #490 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1874, it is older than 5% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,020 times in the last 60 days, more than 51% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Mulhouse, 41 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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