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Saint-Michel's Bastion - 16th century |
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Panorama of the sea, towards the West |
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This Bastion is in the south of the village, and is part of the ramparts protecting the town. The French King Francois Ier ordered the construction of what the latest in military architecture at the time : fortifications based on a system of walls with "bastion sides". |
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Photo J. Gomot |
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