Lords of Joux, Dukes of Burgundy, Charles Quint, Vauban, Joffre.
In use
until 1958
Materials
Limestone and tufa
Battles/wars
1814, 1871, 1940
The Fort de Joux (French pronunciation:[fɔʁdəʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation:[ʃatodəʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort, located in La Cluse-et-Mijoux in the Doubs department in the Jura Mountains of France. It commands the mountain pass Cluse de Pontarlier.
^Co-ordinates verified on Géoportail (France) and Google Maps
arrested upon his arrival. He was deported to France and jailed at the FortdeJoux. He died in 1803. Although Louverture died before the final and most...
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horological and related cultural past. In the French Jura, the 11th-century Fort deJoux, famously remodeled and strengthened by Vauban in 1690 and subsequently...
a meander of the Doubs Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans Montbéliard FortdeJoux Lods, one of the most beautiful villages of France Arrondissements of...
the French and shipped to France. He died months later in prison at Fort-de-Joux in the Jura Mountains. Shortly afterwards, the ferocious Dessalines rode...
imprisoned at FortdeJoux, where he died in 1803 of exposure and possibly tuberculosis. The enslaved persons, along with free gens de couleur and allies...
by the French as a spy; he remained a close prisoner of France in the FortdeJoux. On regaining his liberty, he proceeded to Dresden, where, in conjunction...
France, where he died in April 1803 of pneumonia, while imprisoned at FortdeJoux in the Jura Mountains. On 20 May 1802, Napoleon signed a law to maintain...
Toussaint Louverture is seized by French troops and imprisoned at the FortdeJoux. July 5 – Parliamentary elections begin in the United Kingdom, with voting...
history Schutt-Ainé, Patricia (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture. pp. 25–58. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0....
created in 1976 by painter Alfred Manessier for Saint-Bénigne Church FortdeJoux (between 11th and 19th century) Pontarlier is twinned with: Yverdon-les-Bains...
of Amiens. He was incarcerated again alongside his son Zamor in the FortdeJoux, where Toussaint Louverture was also imprisoned at the time. He was released...
Jura Mountains on the Swiss frontier, there were only a few places like FortdeJoux and Salins-les-Bains guarding the region of Franche-Comté. Lazare Carnot...
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