The ceintures de Lyon ([sɛ̃.tyʁdəljɔ̃]; "Belts of Lyon") were a series of fortifications built between 1830 and 1890 around the city of Lyon, France, to protect the city from foreign invasion.
The belts comprised two defensive barriers that included forts, lunettes, ramparts, batteries, and other defensive structures. Many of these structures proved to be ineffective in war due to advancement in weapon technology and the evolution of attack strategies at the time. Some of the fortifications of the ceintures de Lyon have been destroyed, though many remain today.
The ceinturesdeLyon ([sɛ̃.tyʁ də ljɔ̃]; "Belts of Lyon") were a series of fortifications built between 1830 and 1890 around the city of Lyon, France...
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The Gare deLyon, officially Paris Gare deLyon, is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers...
Paris's former Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture ('small(er) belt railway'), also colloquially known as La Petite Ceinture, was a circular railway built...
of Lyon's history are engraved in the urban landscape. Timeline of LyonCeinturesdeLyon Cognet de Seynes List of books about the history of Lyon List...
Wall Bar Lev Line British hardened field defences of World War II CeinturesdeLyon Commission for Organising the Fortified Regions (CORF) Çakmak Line...
The Grande Ceinture line (French: Ligne de Grande Ceinture, English: Big Belt Line) is a railway line around Paris, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from...
l'arme de poing or AS Pétanque Caluire. The exterior of the fort has been transformed into green space; there is a skatepark nearby. CeinturesdeLyon Fort...
foundation of the Colonia Copia Felix Munatia, "leaves no doubt". CeinturesdeLyon Monin et al. (2012, p. 10) Monin et al. (2012, p. 17) Monin & Dessaint...
channels found on Saturn's moon Titan Batterie de la Freta, fortification in France, part of the CeinturesdeLyon All pages with titles containing Freta All...
Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
Claude Berri has been linked to the fort de Loyasse. CeinturesdeLyon "Notes on the War: Defences of Lyon". The Nation, Library of American Civilization...
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The Ceinture Rouge ('Red Belt') refers to the communes of the Île-de-France that were dominated by the French Communist Party from the 1920s until the...
was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the Séré de Rivières system fortifications in the fortified region of Belfort in northeastern...
Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
The Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort...
Fort ruins CeinturesdeLyon Fort Saint-Jean (Lyon) Association OCRA-LYON, ed. (7 November 2009), Visite de l'ancienne champignonnière de Caluire-et-Cuire...
(trains going beyond the Île-de-France region), and, except for Bercy, the suburban Transilien lines. Austerlitz, Saint-Lazare, Lyon and Nord are also stations...
known as Fort de Villeurbanne, is a fort located in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. The fort was built in 1831 as part of the CeinturesdeLyon, which were...
Institute also uses the fort for its training. CeinturesdeLyon "Présentation du centre équestre du Fort de Feyzin". Retrieved 1 February 2014. "Culture...
The Fort de la Pompelle, also known as Fort Herbillon, is one of a number of forts built around Reims after 1870 as part of a fortification belt in the...
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