Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Fort Sénarmont
Bessoncourt, Territoire de Belfort, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Fort, y compris les murs de contrescarpe et leurs coffres (cad. A 350) : inscription par arrêté du 13 décembre 1995
- Protection dates
- 1995/12/13 : inscrit MH
- Type
- fort
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1883
- Architect or builder
- SERE DE RIVIERES Raymond, général, ou, RIVIERES Raymond SERE de, général (ingénieur, architecte militaire)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Bessoncourt
- Département
- Territoire de Belfort
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.64824, 6.92706
- Mérimée reference
- PA00135350
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Haut-Rhin." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Fort construit de 1883 à 1886, typique du système défensif conçu par le général Séré de Rivières après la défaite de 1871. Après 1885, renforcment des parties les plus sensibles par cuirassement en béton.
Description
Fort polygonal.
English translation
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History
Fort built from 1883 to 1886, typical of the defensive system conceived by General Séré de Rivières after the defeat of 1871. After 1885, reinforcement of the most sensitive parts by concrete armoring.
Description
Polygonal fort.
Nearby in the register
- Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomptionégliseunder 1 mi
- Égliseéglise1 mi
- Habitat fortifiéagglomération2 mi
- Croix de chemin datée de 1712croix de chemin2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.