Fort Mont-Valérien

Fort Mont-Valérien (French: Forteresse du Mont-Valérien, [fɔʁtəʁɛs dy mɔ̃valeʁjɛ̃]) is a fortress in Suresnes, a western Paris suburb, built in 1841 as part of the city's ring of modern fortifications. It overlooks the Bois de Boulogne across the Seine.

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Fort Mont-Valérien ranks #4,547 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #330 of the 351 mapped in France. Founded 1841, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 336 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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