Fort of Exilles

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fortress historic monument military fortification

Fort of Exilles is a historic alpine fortress in Italy’s Susa Valley, long used to control a key passage between Italy and France.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Exilles fortress 2

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
architecturalStyle bastion fort ⓘ
controlledPassage route between Turin and Briançon ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
elevation approximately 870 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
inner courtyards ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
thick defensive walls ⓘ
hasFunction protection of Susa Valley ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural heritage site ⓘ
historicalUse border fortress ⓘ
garrison post ⓘ
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Exilles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Metropolitan City of Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
Susa Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear border between Italy and France ⓘ
locatedOn Dora Riparia valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
region northwestern Italy ⓘ
strategicRole control of access to Susa Valley ⓘ
control of alpine pass between Italy and France ⓘ
usedFor border control ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
surveillance of mountain routes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Susa Valley → contains → Fort of Exilles ⓘ
Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli → placeOfDetention → Fort of Exilles ⓘ
subject surface form: Ercole Antonio Mattioli
this entity surface form: Exilles fortress
Eustache Dauger → imprisonedIn → Fort of Exilles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exilles fortress