Guided tour of Fort l'Ecluse

Name: Visita guiada a Fort l'Ecluse
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Fort l'Écluse

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

©Nicolas Gascard

Discover the Fort l'Ecluse with a guide who will share with you the thousand-year-old history of the place and its mysteries.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Fort l'Écluse

Route de Genève, Lieu-dit Longeray, 01200 Léaz, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The Fort the Lock: a big(great) strengthened fortification. Built in hillside, the strong inferior was endowed in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries of a surrounding wall(speaker) reinforced by a round tower (the Door of France) and of a false brays (place(square) of weapon) who leads(drives) to another access (the Door of Geneva). The terrace, located at the top of the Door of France, offers an exceptional point of view on the valley of the Rhône. The buildings(ships) of Strong superior(higher education) were established in the middle of the XIXth century, high to protect the fort of an attack by the mountain and to increase its possibilities of housing. 1165 walking(steps) cut in the rock train(form) an underground staircase which connects(binds) both forts. In its conservation area, Fort the Lock offers the vestiges of several centuries of military architecture today. He(It) is located in Longeray, Road of Geneva on the municipality of Léaz.