Fort de Seclin

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Chemin du fort, 59113 Seclin
Le Fort
Discreetly overlooking a 100-hectare plain, this wooded peninsula reveals a cathedral of 4.5 million bricks covered by a 5-hectare roof.
After the defeat of 1870, the Third Republic commissioned General Séré de Rivières to urgently build a new fortification system for its borders. Described as the "Vauban of the 19th century", the fortifications of this era are still little-known. Fort de Seclin is part of Lille's defensive belt. A logistical stronghold during the First World War, in...

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Fort de Seclin
Chemin du fort, 59113 Seclin

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