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Fort de la Motte-Giron

Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le fort en totalité, y compris les batteries annexes (cad. DZ 131) : inscription par arrêté du 5 mai 2006
Protection dates
2006/05/05 : inscrit MH
Type
fort
Main period of construction
2e moitié 19e siècle
Dates
1875
Architect or builder
Séré de Rivières Raymond-Adolphe, général (ingénieur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Dijon
Département
Côte-d'Or
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.31485, 4.98429
Mérimée reference
PA21000034

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construit de 1875 à 1876, ce fort servait de base arrière permettant de couvrir les autres forts. Il abrite les troupes durant le conflit de 14-18, puis des prisonniers.

English translation

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Built from 1875 to 1876, this fort served as a rear base allowing the covering of the other forts. It housed troops during the conflict of 1914-1918, then prisoners.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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