Barrage Vauban

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bridge fortification structure tourist attraction weir

Barrage Vauban is a historic 17th-century defensive weir and bridge in Strasbourg, France, known for its panoramic views over the city and its role in the former fortifications.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Barrage Vauban canonical 5
fortifications of Strasbourg 2
Fortifications of Strasbourg 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge ⓘ
fortification structure ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
weir ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vauban Dam ⓘ
surface form: Vauban Barrage

Vauban Dam ⓘ
architect Jacques Tarade ⓘ
architecturalStyle military engineering of Vauban ⓘ
category Bridges in Strasbourg ⓘ
Dams in France ⓘ
Barrage Vauban self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fortifications of Strasbourg

Monuments historiques of Bas-Rhin ⓘ
constructionEnd 1690 ⓘ
constructionStart 1686 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 48.579°N 7.736°E ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crosses River Ill ⓘ
designer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
function flooding defensive fields ⓘ
hasPart arches ⓘ
covered gallery ⓘ
roof terrace ⓘ
sluice gates ⓘ
hasUse pedestrian crossing ⓘ
hasViewType panoramic city view ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique ⓘ
heritageDesignationStart 1971 ⓘ
inception 17th century ⓘ
locatedIn Bas-Rhin ⓘ
Grand Est ⓘ
location Strasbourg ⓘ
material pink Vosges sandstone ⓘ
namedAfter Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
numberOfArches 13 ⓘ
offersViewOf Petite France ⓘ
Ponts Couverts ⓘ
Strasbourg Cathedral ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy Strasbourg ⓘ
surface form: City of Strasbourg
partOf former fortifications of Strasbourg ⓘ
purpose city fortification ⓘ
defensive weir ⓘ
situatedIn Petite France ⓘ
surface form: Petite France district
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Strasbourg – Grande-Île and Neustadt World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Grande Île → hasLandmark → Barrage Vauban ⓘ
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban → notableWork → Barrage Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: fortifications of Strasbourg
Ponts Couverts → nearby → Barrage Vauban ⓘ
Ponts Couverts → partOf → Barrage Vauban ⓘ
this entity surface form: fortifications of Strasbourg
Barrage Vauban → category → Barrage Vauban self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortifications of Strasbourg
UNESCO World Heritage Site “Strasbourg – Grande île” → hasPart → Barrage Vauban ⓘ
subject surface form: Strasbourg – Grande île
Grande Île de Strasbourg → contains → Barrage Vauban ⓘ
Strasbourg old town → contains → Barrage Vauban ⓘ