Guided tour of a military fort

Name: Guided tour of a military fort
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Fort des Ayvelles AFBA

The public is invited to come and discover, on a guided tour, a jewel of the military fortification Séré de Rivières with a unique feature in France: its remarkable watchtowers. This is the only…

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entrance with guided tour.

Yvan Lambert

The public is invited to come and discover, on a guided tour, a jewel of the Séré de Rivières military fortification with a unique feature in France: its remarkable watchtowers. It is the only structure built in the Ardennes.
Departure times: 10h00; 10h30;11h00; 14h00; 14h30 and 15h00.
Guided tour from 1h30 to 2h00 .

About the location

Fort des Ayvelles AFBA

Rue Louise Michel, 08000 Villers Semeuse

Ardennes
Grand Est

The fort of the Ayvelles is as much by its size as by its history. Spread over more than 6 hectares, this property of the Departmental Council offers a unique and striking memorial. Owner of the fortified area of Ayvelles since 2004, the Departmental Council has entrusted the Association of Fort and Battery of Ayvelles (AFBA) the maintenance and development of this fort.
This structure, built between 1877 and 1879, is part of the fortified system "Séré de Rivières" (forts built on a line from the Channel to the Mediterranean Sea). Typical of the military architecture of the early Third Republic, it is the only structure of its kind built in the Ardennes. The Fort des Ayvelles is built of cut stone and surrounded by a ditch and a counterscarp. To the east of the fort, another building called "the Battery" completes the set.