Historic Fortified City of Briançon

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site fortified city

The Historic Fortified City of Briançon is a UNESCO World Heritage–listed Alpine stronghold in southeastern France, renowned for its well-preserved Vauban-designed military fortifications and strategic mountain setting.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
fortifications of Briançon 3
Briançon old town 2
Briançon city walls 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ
architecturalStyle Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
surface form: Vauban fortifications
builtFor Kingdom of France ⓘ
category cultural site ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
department Hautes-Alpes ⓘ
designer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
elevation approximately 1326 metres ⓘ
hasPart Fort des Têtes ⓘ
Fort du Randouillet ⓘ
Pont d’Asfeld ⓘ
city walls of Briançon ⓘ
communication works between forts ⓘ
Historic Fortified City of Briançon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: fortifications of Briançon
hasViewOver Durance River ⓘ
surface form: Durance valley

Guisane valley ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 2008 ⓘ
locatedIn French Alps ⓘ
surface form: Alps

Briançon ⓘ
Hautes-Alpes ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
southeastern France ⓘ
locatedNear Italian border ⓘ
locatedOn confluence of the Durance and Guisane rivers ⓘ
municipality Briançon ⓘ
notableFor adaptation of bastioned fortifications to high mountain terrain ⓘ
well-preserved mountain fortifications ⓘ
partOf Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
defensive network of Vauban along French borders ⓘ
periodOfConstruction 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
protectionStatus protected under French heritage law ⓘ
region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
strategicRole Alpine stronghold ⓘ
defence of the French–Italian border ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
military heritage tourism ⓘ
UNESCOJustification illustrates evolution of fortifications in response to developments in artillery ⓘ
outstanding example of military architecture of Vauban ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1283 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur → containsUNESCOSite → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban → notableWork → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: fortifications of Briançon
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban → honouredIn → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Fortifications of Vauban"
Historic Fortified City of Briançon → hasPart → Historic Fortified City of Briançon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: fortifications of Briançon
Vauban → designedStructure → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortifications of Briançon
Fort des Têtes → partOf → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: fortifications of Briançon
Fort des Têtes → hasViewOf → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Briançon old town
Fort des Têtes → nearbyStructure → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Briançon city walls
Fort du Randouillet → nearby → Historic Fortified City of Briançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Briançon old town