Fort Victor-Emmanuel with a lantern

Name: Fort Victor-Emmanuel with a lantern
Start: 2022-09-16T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Fort Victor-Emmanuel

A nocturnal discovery of the most impressive fort of the Esseillon barrier. The secrets of this stone colossus will be revealed to you step by step in the light of the lanterns.

16 and 17 September 2022Passed

Photo Jacqueline Jorcin-Roch - Fondation Facim

Night tour led by a guide-speaker of the Pays d'art et d'histoire des Hautes vallées de Savoie - Facim Foundation. APPOINTMENT in the parking lot located just upstream of Fort Victor-Emmanuel. Duration 1H30. The lanterns will be provided by the guide. Provide shoes and outfits adapted to the site. Information at the tourist office of Haute-Maurienne Vanoise (04 79 05 99 06)

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About the location

Fort Victor-Emmanuel

Esseillon, 73500 Aussois, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Savoie
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Impressive works, built at the beginning of the XIXth century, perched on a big(great) rocky bar(helm), five forts of the Barrier of Esseillon become French when the Savoy is attached in France in 1860\. Badly adapted to progress of the artillery, these forts are downgraded(displaced) in 1883, without ever having gone through the ordeal of the fire(light). Strong Victor Emmanuel is a member of a programme of promotion(valuation) and is decorated with a staged play route(course).