Mont-Louis

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Mont-Louis is a fortified town in the French Pyrenees renowned for its well-preserved 17th-century military architecture designed by the engineer Vauban.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mont-Louis canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vauban fortification ⓘ
commune of France ⓘ
fortified town ⓘ
administrativeStatus commune ⓘ
architect Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ⓘ
climate mountain climate ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1679 ⓘ
coordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
elevation about 1600 metres ⓘ
one of the highest fortified towns in France ⓘ
hasFortificationFeature bastions ⓘ
covered way ⓘ
ditch ⓘ
glacis ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
hasFortificationType bastioned fortress ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
hasPart citadel of Mont-Louis ⓘ
lower town ⓘ
hasRegionalLanguage Catalan ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus remarkable site of military architecture ⓘ
inception 17th century ⓘ
isPartOf historical province of Roussillon ⓘ
locatedIn Cerdagne ⓘ
French Pyrenees ⓘ
linked to: Pyrenees

Occitanie ⓘ
Pyrénées-Orientales ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Andorra ⓘ
Font-Romeu ⓘ
Spanish border ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute N116 road ⓘ
namedAfter Louis XIV of France ⓘ
notableFor Vauban-style fortifications ⓘ
strategic position controlling access to Cerdagne ⓘ
well-preserved 17th-century military architecture ⓘ
partOf Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity tourism ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
military heritage tourism ⓘ
mountain tourism ⓘ
usedFor defence of the French–Spanish border ⓘ
military garrison ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conflent → containsTown → Mont-Louis ⓘ
Alta Cerdanya → containsTown → Mont-Louis ⓘ