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Fort at Pointe des Espagnols

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Fort at Pointe des Espagnols

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  • Location: Roscanvel, Châteaulin, Finistère, France

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    August 4, 2022

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    Admission was free, but masks were compulsory, although no longer needed anywhere else.
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    August 2, 2024

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    When Napoleon I noted the problems with the defense of the French coasts, he decided to implement a vast fortification program. About a hundred standardized structures, known as "model towers and redoubts of 1811", were to be built. One of them was erected in 1812 at Pointe des Espagnols.

    The point evolved with the performance of artillery, and the fortifications were improved until the end of the 19th century. The model tower remained unchanged until the German occupation.

    The Germans deployed numerous bunkers in the perimeter and razed the fort's firing platform, depriving it of its parapets and bretaches.

    cestenfrance.fr/fort-de-la-pointe-des-espagnols-1812
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    May 12, 2025

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    Certainly a historically interesting fortification.
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    Location: Roscanvel, Châteaulin, Finistère, France

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