List cities created by Vauban

Vauban created nine new cities.

Mount-Louis

Mount-Louis in Cerdagne (the Eastern Pyrenees)

Created ex nihilo between 1679 and 1681 to mark the new border with Spain (Treated of the Pyrenees 1659) by closing the crossroads of three valleys: Cerdagne, Capcir and Conflent. Place strong highest of France (1613 m), this defensive whole of mountain is the perfect example of a military architecture adapted to the natural morphology of the ground. The citadel preserved its vocation of origin, it is always occupied by the army (currently the National center of Drive Commando).

Within the framework of the Network of the major Sites of Vauban, in the course of classification with the World heritage of UNESCO

Plan:

This place of 39 hectares, protected in its zone is by the ravine of the Small fireclay cup, is made up:

- of a citadel in the high part of the site with a continuous enclosure, drawing a square plan with cut sides, flanked of four bastions. The outside include/understand three half-moons in front of the curtains and a contregarde on the north-western zone. Are preserved a certain number of buildings: barracks, well, explosives magazines, houses, etc…

- of a civil agglomeration closed in one second enclosure downwards with two bastions and two half-moons. Envisaged at the origin for a middle-class and artisanal population, its town-planning was defined by Vauban but will be realized by the military engineers only as from 1725.

Work:

1679-1681

Longwy

The place of Longwy is built to protect and close the valley of the the Moselle.

Plan: hexagonal at a longer side (on the Chiers)

Work:

Within the framework of the Network of the major Sites of Vauban, in the course of classification with the World heritage of UNESCO

Phalsbourg

Just like Longwy, the place of Phalsbourg is built to protect and close the valley of the the Moselle.

Plan: hexagonal barlong

Work:

Sarrelouis

Sarrelouis is created to be used as capital with a lately conquered province. The decree is taken in 1680.

Plan: hexagonal at a longer side (on the the Saar)

Work:

Huningue

A new city is built with Huningue to protect High-Alsace and the bridge from Basle on the the Rhine.

Plan: pentagonal

Work:

Extremely-Louis

Extremely-Louis is built to lock the Rhine and to protect Strasbourg.

Plan: plan at four sides

Work:

1687

Mount-royal

Mount-Royal is built downstream from Trier, close to Traben, in 1688. The place is destroyed after the Traité of Ryswick (1697).

Plan: pentagonal

Work:

Mount-dolphin

As from 1692, Mount-Dolphin is built to protect the Dauphiné against the incursions from the duke of Savoy (following a raid and with plunderings in 1691).

Plane: irregular, uses the configuration of the ground

1693, Mount-Dolphin in the Hautes-Alpes

Within the framework of the Network of the major Sites of Vauban, in the course of classification with the World heritage of UNESCO

Neuf-Brisach

In 1698, the construction of Neuf-Brisach is decided to replace Brisach, destroyed after the Traité of Ryswick (1697).

Plane: octagonal (1698)

1699 - 1702, fortification of Neuf-Brisach

Within the framework of the Network of the major Sites of Vauban, in the course of classification with the World heritage of UNESCO

Sources

See too

Network of the major sites of Vauban

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