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Hyères : Bon Renaud battery (old)

Var

Reference

PA00081654

Latitude

43.00781

Longitude

6.1845

Address

9017 Chemin du Langoustier 83400 Hyères

Construction era

1ère moitié 19e siècle

Protection date

1989/01/20 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Batterie (cad. J 172) : inscription par arrêté du 20 janvier 1989

Description

A set of fortifications was decided by Napoleon I to improve the defense of the Mediterranean coasts. Construction started in 1810, but the majority of forts were erected between 1841 and 1861. The Bon Renaud battery was a rectangular building with its entrance to the Southwest, started in 1810 and completed in the 1840s.

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