Citadel of Bitche

E374096
cultural heritage site fortress

The Citadel of Bitche is a massive 17th-century fortress in northeastern France, renowned for its strategic military role and well-preserved fortifications.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Citadel of Bitche canonical 4
citadel of Bitche 1
fortress of Bitche 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
access road access from Bitche town ⓘ
architect Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
Vauban ⓘ
builtInCentury 17th century ⓘ
category Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
surface form: Vauban fortifications in France
constructionEnd 1697 ⓘ
constructionStart 1680 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
defendedBy French garrison in 1870–1871 ⓘ
defensiveSystem star fort design ⓘ
elevation approximately 80 metres above the town ⓘ
garrisonTown Bitche ⓘ
hasPart barracks ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
ditches ⓘ
gatehouses ⓘ
powder magazines ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
underground casemates ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1930 ⓘ
locatedIn Bitche ⓘ
Grand Est ⓘ
surface form: Grand Est region

Moselle department ⓘ
Vosges Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Northern Vosges

northeastern France ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
near German border ⓘ
Palatinate Forest ⓘ
notableEvent siege of Bitche (1870–1871) ⓘ
surface form: siege of 1870–1871
notableFor bastioned trace ⓘ
massive ramparts ⓘ
underground galleries ⓘ
well-preserved fortifications ⓘ
operator local authorities of Bitche ⓘ
ownedBy France ⓘ
surface form: French state
regionHistorically Duchy of Lorraine ⓘ
status open to the public ⓘ
strategicRole border fortress between France and German states ⓘ
defense of Lorraine ⓘ
tourism features multimedia exhibitions ⓘ
offers historical tours ⓘ
use military museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
usedDuring Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
view overlooks the town of Bitche and surrounding countryside ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Bitche → hasCitadel → Citadel of Bitche ⓘ
Bitche → knownFor → Citadel of Bitche ⓘ
town of Bitche → hasLandmark → Citadel of Bitche ⓘ
subject surface form: Bitche
Pays de Bitche → hasAttraction → Citadel of Bitche ⓘ
siege of Bitche (1870–1871) → hasMainSite → Citadel of Bitche ⓘ
this entity surface form: citadel of Bitche
siege of Bitche (1870–1871) → hasMainSite → Citadel of Bitche ⓘ
this entity surface form: fortress of Bitche