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proposed to transform the ditches to public landfill, to abandon the rubble, and to finally abort the project. The army still retained 6 hectares of woodland (including some of ditches and the Diamond gap) in order to build an extension of the Army medical school. Several attempts to negotiate with
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dating from 10 June 1874 released 24 hectares for the construction of the fort. Like other forts, military land was bounded by stone posts located around it, their hats on an engraving showing the direction of the next point.
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When a defensive reorganization occurred in France in 1874, the commune of Bron was therefore included in the crown of detached forts, to protect the stronghold of Lyon.
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The Fort de Bron is managed by an association created March 25, 1982, which organises free tours on the first Sunday of each month. The association also participates in
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Officers and NCOs were housed in the second floor barracks, upstairs. The rest of the men occupied the first floor of the barracks at a rate of 56 soldiers to a room.
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The Fort de Bron hosts a theatrical event every two years: the Biennial du Fort de Bron; for two months, a theatre company takes possession of the premises. In 2009,
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and from the Monts d'Or, a small mountain range to the northwest of Lyon. Construction began in 1875 and continued until 1877 for a total cost of 3,014,578 francs:
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The establishment of this fort allowed the City of Lyon to protect itself from enemy attacks from the east, dominating the surrounding plain, the fort covered
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at a rate of 50 m³ per day, also feeding a tank containing 13 m³. This was intended to provide water in the event of pump failure during three days.
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The fort is located at shooting distance by antique cannon from Lyon (i.e. 7 to 8 km), at 212 metres above sea level on a hill at Bron.
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bought the fort in 1975 to build two water tanks, occupying 50% of the built area of the fort and 300 metres of a South divide as a
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The fort, whose cannons can reach targets located 6 km away (with an extended range up to 8 km, in 1880, with the new
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the Germans used it as a prison. The French army used it until 1962 as an annex of the air base; it was decommissioned in 1963.
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This polygonal structure is surrounded by a deep moat six to eight metres deep and twelve to fourteen metres wide, defended by
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quickly made these forts, and therefore that of Bron, ineffective, inadequate and unable to defend Lyon. During
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Disciplinary premises were also placed in the centre of the fort, including a guard room and four cells.
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The fort was also equipped with two kitchens, a bakery, a well, a cistern, latrines, a forge and shops.
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Brunet, François; Vincent, Mathilde; Chavanne, André (April 2002), Association du fort de Bron (ed.),
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the army to retain all the fort intact failed, so an agreement was signed between the mayor of Bron,
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Fort de Bron was completed with two annexed batteries at Lessivas and Parilly. But advances in
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and organizes a craft exhibition in early October. A museum has also been built there.
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The purchase allowed the creation in 1983 of a fitness trail around the fort.
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Dallemagne, François (2006), Éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire (ed.),
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From 1875 to 1885, the following were built successively around the town:
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with all the hardware, staff, and powder storage that this then entailed.
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is a fortification built between 1875 and 1877, located in the commune of
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Chavanne, André; Pallas, Raphaël; Vincent, Serge; Lebel, Pierre;
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is installed in three rooms of the barracks on the second floor.
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Société Lyonnaise History of Aviation and Aerospace Documentation
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Barracks. The building is above a water tank constructed later.
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A pump drew drinking water from a depth of 37 metres in the
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Les coulisses de Dishonored, partie 4 : Finalisation
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of Homer drew nearly 17,000 spectators 15,000 in 2011.
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Fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries
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from Jean-Paul Lebesson were partly shot at the fort.
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The fort has also been used as a filming location for
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Fort Bron on the website and Memory Fortifications.fr
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The bakery required 69,400 kg flour in reserve.
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Lyon

Fort de Bron is located in France
45°43′56″N 4°55′18″E / 45.732187°N 4.921567°E / 45.732187; 4.921567
Bron
belt of fortifications
Lyon
Fort de Vancia
Fort de Feyzin
Fort du Mont Verdun
Franco-Prussian War of 1870
Treaty of Frankfurt
Alsace
Lorraine
Vancia
Feyzin
Mont Verdun
artillery
Rhone
Lessivas
Parilly
bastions
artillery
World War I
barracks
Second World War
Ravelin protecting the entrance.
Barracks. The building is above a water tank constructed later.
Room housing the drawbridge when retracted.
drawbridge

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