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In France, many forts has been build by a military engineer named Vauban[1] in the 17th century. His life is highly impressive. He worked a lot on fortification
by cju 12y ago
In France, many forts has been build by a military engineer named Vauban[1] in the 17th century. His life is highly impressive. He worked a lot on fortifications and breaking of sieges. Outside of military building, he has been a scientist and an economist with modern views on taxes.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Le_Prestre_de_Vauban https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Le_Prestre_de_V...
- omegant 12y agoI highly recommend to visit Hôtel des Invalides war museum in Paris. It´s worth the time just to admire the collection of (huge) scale models of the fortified cities in the France of the S XVIII. They are impressive and show how the cities used to be. They are originals from the time, perfectly conserved, they were originally created to better appreciate the capabilities of a fortification. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_des_Plans-Reliefs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_des_Plans-Reliefs I must add that Paris used to have an impressively long bastion wall (94 bastions!), that it´s little known. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiers_wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiers_wall
- donavanm 12y agoThere are a ton of great napoleonic fortifications in the rhineland. A couple years ago I was touring through and stopped for an afternoon wandering around Neuf Brisach. Didnt realize it was one of his last projects.