Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings
and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France.
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.
