Île de Cézon et son fort

English translation

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History

The island of Cézon which commands access to the channel of the Aber Wrac'h is chosen by Vauban in August 1685 for the establishment of a fort, because the estuary constitutes a strategic location, at once a zone of easy landing for enemy troops and a route of penetration towards Brest, situated only about twenty kilometres away and which would then be taken from behind, but also a sheltered anchorage for ships of war or commerce. The works, entrusted to the engineer Robelin, finally do not begin until 1694 and are completed ten years later. Fort Cézon, whose chief feature is a relatively well-preserved artillery tower, is remodelled several times in the 18th and 19th centuries and occupied by German troops during the Second World War who left there some fifteen defensive works, the whole thus constituting a fine example of the layering of fortifications.