Visit free of the Tower of Hougue

Name: Visit free of the Tower of Hougue
Start: 2019-09-20T13:30:00+02:00
End: 2019-09-22T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Fort de la Hougue

Access by the Door To the Ladies - Consult the Internet site

20 - 22 September 2019Passed

Registration

02 33 88 62 30

Visits of the tower of Hougue: built from 1694 till 1699 conducted by Benjamin de Combes, "to protect the most beautiful roadstead of France" according to the expression of Vauban, she is registered with her twin sister of Tatihou on the UNESCO, since 2008. She(It) represents a facet of the work of the famous engineer Sébastien Le Prestre: observation and coastal defence. The site of Hougue was incorporated in the Atlantic Wall built by German during the 2nd world war. Access of the site by the door to the Ladies and visit of the Tower Vauban.

About the location

Fort de la Hougue

Accès par la porte aux Dames, 50550 Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Manche
Normandie

Visits to the Hougue Tower: built from 1694 to 1699 under the direction of Benjamin de Combes, to "protect the most beautiful harbour in France" according to the expression of Vauban, she is registered with her twin sister of Tatihou at UNESCO, since 2008\. It represents a facet of the work of the famous engineer Sébastien Le Prestre: observation and coastal defence. The site of the Hougue was incorporated into the Atlantic wall built by the Germans during the Second World War. Access of the site by the door to the Ladies and visit of the Tour Vauban.