Fortifications of Vauban

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UNESCO World Heritage Site group of fortifications serial cultural property

The Fortifications of Vauban are a group of 17th-century military strongholds across France, designed by engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for their exemplary bastioned architecture and strategic innovation.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Fortifications of Vauban canonical 20
Vauban fortifications in France 6
Vauban fortifications 5

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
group of fortifications ⓘ
serial cultural property ⓘ
architecturalStyle bastioned fortification ⓘ
star fort ⓘ
associatedWith Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form: King Louis XIV of France
bufferZone yes ⓘ
category Cultural property ⓘ
componentSite Camaret-sur-Mer defensive ensemble ⓘ
Citadel of Arras ⓘ
Citadel of Besançon ⓘ
Citadel of Blaye ⓘ
Citadel of Mont-Dauphin ⓘ
surface form: Citadel of Briançon

Citadel of Lille ⓘ
Citadel of Mont-Dauphin ⓘ
Citadel of Besançon ⓘ
surface form: Fort Griffon in Besançon

Fort Libéria at Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Fort Médoc ⓘ
Fort Pâté ⓘ
Longwy fortified town ⓘ
Neuf-Brisach ⓘ
surface form: Neuf-Brisach fortified town

Place forte de Mont-Louis ⓘ
fortifications of Saint-Martin-de-Ré ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Martin-de-Ré fortifications

Vauban fortifications of Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
surface form: Villefranche-de-Conflent fortifications
country France ⓘ
designedBy Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
function control of strategic routes ⓘ
defense of French borders ⓘ
hasPart bastions ⓘ
covered way ⓘ
glacis ⓘ
moats ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
ravelins ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionCity Quebec City ⓘ
inscriptionCountry Canada ⓘ
inscriptionSession 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ
inscriptionYear 2008 ⓘ
locatedIn Arras ⓘ
Besançon ⓘ
Blaye ⓘ
Briançon ⓘ
Camaret-sur-Mer ⓘ
Cussac-Fort-Médoc ⓘ
Lille ⓘ
Longwy ⓘ
Mont-Dauphin ⓘ
Mont-Louis ⓘ
Neuf-Brisach ⓘ
Saint-Martin-de-Ré ⓘ
Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
locatedInCountry France ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
numberOfComponentSites 12 ⓘ
period 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
protectionStatus protected under French heritage law ⓘ
significance exemplary bastioned architecture ⓘ
influence on European military architecture ⓘ
innovation in military engineering ⓘ
UNESCOId 1283 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Longwy → heritageDesignation → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Longwy → architecturalStyle → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications
Longwy → category → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications in France
Besançon → heritageCriteria → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Besançon → knownFor → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications
Blaye → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Historic Fortified City of Briançon → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Historic Fortified City of Briançon → UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Historic Fortified City of Briançon → architecturalStyle → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications
Vauban → notableWork → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pré Carré frontier defense system
Vauban → hasWorkRecognizedBy → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List (Fortifications of Vauban)
Montmédy → hasFeature → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban-style defenses
Citadel of Besançon → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Île de Ré → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePart → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
fortifications of Neuf-Brisach → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
fortifications of Neuf-Brisach → category → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications in France
fortifications of Mont-Dauphin → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
fortifications of Saint-Martin-de-Ré → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
fortifications of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
fortifications of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
fortifications of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue → category → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications in France
fortifications of Perpignan → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications in France
fortifications of Perpignan → category → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications
fortifications of Luxembourg City → hasPart → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
subject surface form: Fortifications of Luxembourg City
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications
Briançon → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
French-Belgian border region → historicalEngineerInfluence → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortification system
Citadel of Blaye → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Citadel of Blaye → UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Citadel of Bitche → category → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications in France
Conflent → hasUNESCOSite → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Maastricht was a strongly fortified city at the time → influencedBy → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
subject surface form: Maastricht
this entity surface form: Vauban-style fortification principles
Goryōkaku → designInspiredBy → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban-style fortifications
Fort des Têtes → UNESCOProperty → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Fort des Têtes → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Briançon defensive system
Fort du Randouillet → partOf → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban’s defensive system
Fort du Randouillet → heritageDesignation → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Fort du Randouillet → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
Fort du Randouillet → category → Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vauban fortifications in France