Castles and Defense Sites
Le fort des basses perches
DANJOUTIN Le fort des basses perches
Accessible depuis la rue des Perches à Belfort. Amicale du Fort des Basses Perches
90400 DANJOUTIN
The Fort des Basses Perches, designed to protect the Citadel of Belfort, represents the type of fort known as a "cavalier" fort (a terreplein designed to receive artillery, raised above another structure to double the fire). It was on this site that the Franco-Prussian war ended in 1871.
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