Vauban fortifications of Villefranche-de-Conflent

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UNESCO World Heritage Site component fortification ensemble

The Vauban fortifications of Villefranche-de-Conflent are a UNESCO-listed ensemble of 17th-century military defenses in southern France, designed by engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban to protect the strategic mountain town.

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Label Occurrences
Vauban fortifications of Villefranche-de-Conflent canonical 1
Villefranche-de-Conflent fortifications 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
fortification ensemble ⓘ
architect Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle bastioned fortification ⓘ
category Early modern military architecture ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endDate late 17th century ⓘ
governingBody French state NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Fort Libéria NERFINISHED ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
outworks ⓘ
ravelins ⓘ
town walls of Villefranche-de-Conflent NERFINISHED ⓘ
underground staircase between town and Fort Libéria ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus well preserved ⓘ
inception late 17th century ⓘ
locatedIn France–Spain border region ⓘ
Occitanie ⓘ
Pyrénées-Orientales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Villefranche-de-Conflent NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Conflent region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Têt valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
militaryFunction defense of French–Spanish border ⓘ
protection of strategic mountain pass ⓘ
namedAfter Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity Perpignan NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfComponentsInSerialProperty 12 GENERATED ⓘ
partOf Fortifications of Vauban NERFINISHED ⓘ
defensive network of the Pyrenees ⓘ
serial property Fortifications of Vauban NERFINISHED ⓘ
period 17th century ⓘ
region Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance exemplary model of mountain fortification by Vauban ⓘ
startDate circa 1679 ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (i) ⓘ
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UNESCOListingYear 2008 ⓘ
UNESCOSerialProperty Fortifications of Vauban NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1283 ⓘ
usedFor cultural heritage interpretation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
worldHeritageRegion Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Pyrénées-Orientales department → hasNotableSite → Vauban fortifications of Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
subject surface form: Pyrénées-Orientales
Fortifications of Vauban → componentSite → Vauban fortifications of Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Villefranche-de-Conflent fortifications