Fortifications of Vauban, France.

                                               

                              

This heritage site consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France. They represent the finest examples of the work of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), a military engineer of King Louis XIV. The serial property includes towns built from scratch by Vauban, citadels, urban bastion walls and bastion towers. There are also mountain forts, sea forts, a mountain battery and two mountain communication structures. This property is inscribed as bearing witness to the peak of classic fortifications, typical of western military architecture. Vauban also played a major role in the history of fortification in Europe and on other continents until the mid-19th century.

France
Date of Inscription: 2008
Dossier: 1283
Ref: Unesco.Org
Thank you Nadia for the beautiful site card affixing so many nice stamps.
2021 Stamp- The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867
2018 Stamp- Marianne- New Definitive Design(5 Stamps)
2013 Stamp-Marianne- Definitive- White Phosphor Banded Paper(1 Stamp)