Guided tour of Fort Marie-Thérèse

Name: Guided tour of Fort Marie-Thérèse
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Fort "La Redoute Marie-Thérèse"

Guided tour of the redoubt with a heritage guide

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

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upon registration

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06 78 22 48 38

Mairie Avrieux

Come and discover the unknown history of the Esseillon and Savoy forts of the 19th century. With a guide of the Savoie Mont-Blanc heritage, browse casemates, galleries of counterscarpes and underground to understand everything of these Sardinian citadels

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About the location

Fort "La Redoute Marie-Thérèse"

Pont du Nant, 73500 Avrieux

Savoie
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The XIXth beginning the kingdom of Sardinia decides on the construction of a series of defensive works on the site of Esseillon, in Haute-Maurienne to protect itself of a possible French attack. The set(group) was built between 1819 and 1834 by Piedmontese entrepreneurs(contractors) and contains 4 forts and one redoubt. Marie-Thérèse La Redoute, finished(ended) in 1825 checked(controlled) the road of Mont-Cenis.