Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps └─Corniches, Quartier Sainte-Agnès
Work number:
EO 11
Regiment:
58th DBAF, 157th RAP
Number of blocks:
8
Strength:
7 officers, 194 men
Ouvrage Mont Agel is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The 1930s ouvrage was built in and around the earlier mountaintop Fortress of Mont Agel. The ouvrage forms a backup to the main curtain of Alpine Line forts, and was not initially planned as part of the Alpine Line proper. Its intended function was primarily to provide heavy, long-range artillery support from a location well to the rear of the line. However, the planned 145mm heavy guns were never installed. Its site on Mont Agel, at an altitude of 1,118 metres (3,668 ft), is the highest point in the vicinity of Nice and Menton and commands the entire coastline, as well as the approaches from Sospel to the north. The site is now occupied by Base Aérienne 943 of the French Air Force and functions as an air defense control station.
161 metres (528 feet). The top of MontAgel is occupied by Nice Air Base, itself built on the former OuvrageMontAgel of the Alpine Line fortifications...
OuvrageMontAgel is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The 1930s ouvrage...
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. The Mont Agel base uses the facilities of the former OuvrageMontAgel of the Alpine Line. Its mission is the surveillance of aviation movements...
of all ouvrages of the Alpine Line or Little Maginot Line along the Franco-Italian border, organized by sector and type of fortification. Ouvrage translates...
spot the fall of shot for OuvrageMontAgel, and is more closely associated with that fortification. List of Alpine Line ouvrages Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet...
Ouvrage Cap Martin is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage...
at Ouvrage Cap Martin. A direct assault on Cap Saint Martin was suppressed by the ouvrage itself, supported by artillery fire from OuvrageMontAgel. Two...
Division was met by a barrage of shellfire from Cap Martin and the OuvrageMontAgel, which destroyed an armoured train. Nonetheless, assisted by thunderstorms...
antennas are still in use and are remotely controlled. Another Maginot ouvrage, MontAgel of the Alpine Line, performs a similar function in southeastern France...
Sainte-Agnès (GO) Ouvrage Col de Garde (PO) OuvrageMontAgel (GO) Ouvrage Roquebrune (GO) Ouvrage Croupe du Reservoir (PO) Ouvrage Cap Martin (GO) Fort...
around the avants-postes, which were supported by fire from Ouvrage Barbonnet and OuvrageMontAgel as well as Castillon. In 1944, Castillon was a center of...
Ouvrage Restefond is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one artillery block and three...
appearance (late nineteenth century) due to the creation in 1950 of the Ouvrage "G" de la D.A.T. that required modernization of the fort. Fortified region...
Ouvrage Gordolon is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage...
Ouvrage Janus is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, located to the east of Briançon on near the Col de Montgenèvre...
Ouvrage Flaut is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists...
Réduit du Bosmont Fort de Vézelois Fort du Mont Vaudois Ouvrage du Monceau Ouvrage de Meroux Belfort Gap Fort du Mont Bart Fort du Lomont Batterie des Roches...
Ouvrage Sapey is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists...
Ouvrage Bersillies is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line, built as part of the "New Fronts" program to address shortcomings in the Line's coverage of...
Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-35250-127-5 (in French) Ancien Camp (petit ouvrage de l')...
Ouvrage Croupe du Réservoir is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. Located on the heights of Roquebrune...
Ouvrage Col du Fort is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block...
Réduit du Bosmont Fort de Vézelois Fort du Mont Vaudois Ouvrage du Monceau Ouvrage de Meroux Belfort Gap Fort du Mont Bart Fort du Lomont Batterie des Roches...
Ouvrage Les Aittes is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, three...
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