🗼 Tour Vauban

France · Europe · 48.28°N, 4.59°W

The Tour Vauban, initially known as the tour de Camaret, is an 18m-high polygonal defensive tower built to a plan by Vauban on the Sillon at Camaret-sur-Mer, as part of the fortifications of the goulet de Brest. It has three levels and is flanked by walls, a guardhouse and a gun battery which can hold 11 cannons as well as a cannonball foundry added in the French Revolution period.

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Quick facts

Country	France
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	48.28°N, 4.59°W · view on map

Tour Vauban is located in France, in Europe.

More fortified towers in France

Château de Montcuq · Solidor Tower · Torra di Campumoru · Torra di Furiani · Torra di Poghju · Torra di Sagone · Tour de Navès · Tour de Nesle.

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