Fort de Socoa
Avenue du Commandant Passicot, 64500 Ciboure
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
The Fort of Socoa in Ciboure is an important building in the history of the city. The history of the Fort begins under Henry IV. Anxious to protect Saint-Jean-de-Luz from the Spanish enemy, he plans to build a fortress. Divergences between the different municipalities would make the project fail. The Fort of Socoa would not see the light of day until the reign of Louis XIII.
In 1636, the Spaniards took the Fort and named the citadel -Fort of Castile-. A few years later, French sovereignty was restored, the work was then completed and took the name of Fort de Socoa.
In 1686, Vauban on an inspection tour in the Pyrenees undertook to strengthen the Fort and planned to build a pier to improve access to the Fort. The work on the fort was directed by Fleury and was completed in 1698\. The site housed a barracks and a chapel.
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir
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