Fort du Mont-Valérien (Suresnes, France)

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Name (Hebrew)
מצודת הר ולריאן (סורסנס, צרפת)
Name (Latin)
Fort du Mont-Valérien (Suresnes, France)
Other forms of name
Fort Mont-Valérien (Suresnes, France)
Mont-Valérien (France : Fort)
Coordinates
2.213313378 2.213313378 48.87282831 48.87282831 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Fortification France
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q16928476
Library of congress: sh2005005303
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Turpin, F. Le Mont-Valérien, de l'histoire à la mémoire, 2003:back cover (situated to the west of Paris, the Mont-Valérien has a rich and multisecular history up to the Revolution a religious atmosphere surrounded it, but then it was militarised in the 19th century; during the Second World War, its history changed in dramatic fashion; the Germans used the fort, its chapel and surrounds for the execution of more than one thousand members of the Resistance and hostages)
  • Ordredelaliberation www site, Aug. 12, 2005:p.1 (The Fort of Mont Valérien was built, starting in 1841, in Suresnes, France, near Paris, overlooking the Bois de Boulogne wood)