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Fort d'Hauteville

Hauteville-lès-Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le fort, en totalité (cad. D 370) : inscription par arrêté du 17 mars 2006
Protection dates
2006/03/17 : inscrit MH
Type
fort
Main period of construction
3e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1877
Architect or builder
Séré de Rivières, général (ingénieur)
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Address
rue du Fort
Commune
Hauteville-lès-Dijon
Département
Côte-d'Or
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.36733, 4.97962
Mérimée reference
PA21000038

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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

Ce fort appartient à un ensemble de fortifications établies autour de Dijon après la guerre de 1877, et s'intègre dans le système de défense des frontières de l'Est, dû au général Séré de Rivières. La construction s'étend de 1877 à 1880. De plan polygonal, le fort est entouré de fossés profonds. Des parapets flanqués de caponnières protègent les casernements, la poudrière, et les ateliers. De 1940 à 1944, le fort renferme prisonniers politiques et résistants, puis des prisonniers allemands. Ces derniers ont transformé une casemate en chapelle, l'ornant de peintures murales.

English translation

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This fort belongs to a set of fortifications established around Dijon after the 1877 war, and integrates into the defence system of the Eastern frontier, due to General Séré de Rivières. Construction extends from 1877 to 1880. Of polygonal plan, the fort is surrounded by deep ditches. Parapets flanked by casemates protect the barracks, the powder magazine, and the workshops. From 1940 to 1944, the fort housed political prisoners and resistors, then German prisoners. The latter transformed a casemate into a chapel, decorating it with murals.

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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