Citadelle de Lille

Citadelle de Lille

Year

1670

Architect

Type

building

Vauban's acknowledged masterpiece and the paradigm of French Classical fortification, built by order of Louis XIV between 1667 and 1670 on marshland at the confluence of the Deûle and Haute-Deûle rivers. The plan is a perfect pentagon with …

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