They represent the finest examples of the work of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), a military engineer of King Louis XIV.
The serial property includes towns built from scratch by Vauban, citadels, urban bastion walls and bastion towers.
There are also mountain forts, sea forts, a mountain battery and two mountain communication structures.
This property is inscribed as bearing witness to the peak of classic fortifications, typical of western military architecture.
Vauban also played a major role in the history of fortification in Europe and on other continents until the mid-19th century.
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