Fortress of Charlemont

Fortress of Charlemont
Fort de Charlemont
Near Givet
The Fortress of Charlemont and the village of Givet.
Site information
Type	Fort
Location
Fortress of Charlemont (Champagne-Ardenne)
Coordinates	50°08′09″N4°48′13″E / 50.135833°N 4.803611°E / 50.135833; 4.803611
Site history
Built	1555

The Fortress of Charlemont (French : Fort de Charlemont) is a French stronghold located near the Belgian border on the Meuse. It is a citadel, surrounded by a network of outworks, ^[1] including the connecting forts (Givet and the Mont d'Hours). ^[2] It dominates the town of Givet and when in use as a working fortress controlled the valley of the Meuse.

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  Destruction within the fort after the First World War.
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  view of the fort from within Givet.
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  The Maugis Tower.
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  Between Condé Charlemont Covered Path.
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  Entrance to Fort Condé.
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  Staircase, the only access point from the glacis to the fort.

See also

• Reduction of the French fortresses in 1815 — this fortress was the last to surrender to the Coalition.
• Meuse Citadels — a group of forts situated along the Meuse river in southern Belgium.

Notes

1. Montclos 2009, p. ^{[ page needed ]}.
2. Siborne 1895, p. 780.

References

• Montclos, Jean-Marie Pérouse de (2009) [1972], Architecture. Méthode et vocabulaire (in French), Paris: du patrimoine (publishing heritage), ISBN   978-2-85822-593-4
• Siborne, William (1895), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable