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Before 1870 France’s defences were based on a system of fortifications designed by Vauban. After their defeat at the hands of the Prussians...
Before 1870 France’s defences were based on a system of fortifications designed by Vauban. After their defeat at the hands of the Prussians in 1870, the French strengthened their fortifications significantly.
General Séré de RiviÃ...
Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières was born in 1815 in the city of Albi. By 1843 he was a Captain stationed in Toulon. It was here that he de...
His achievements at Toulon earned him his first letter of congratulations from the Minister. It was not until 1874 however (by which time he was a General) that he was instructed to build a defence system to stretch from Dunkirk in the north...
In 1959 the fort was purchased by the village of Chivres-Val and used as a stone quarry.
In 1979 an association to save the fort was created by Mr and Mme Potier to enable restoration work to be carried out.
In 2000 the ‘Communauté de Communes du Val de l’Aisne’ took over from the Save the Fort de Con...
