Fort de Villey-le-Sec

Om museet

Fort de Villey-le-Sec was built between 1874 and 1879 as part of the Séré de Rivières system, set up after the war of 1870 to protect the border. It belongs to the fortified place of Toul and is unusual in that it encircles the entire village with a wall roughly 3.5 km long.

The work comprises four elements: a redoubt, a northern battery, a southern battery and a redan. It was modernized from 1888 and rebuilt in concrete from 1904, with a machine-gun turret and two 75 mm turrets.

The fort belongs to the Meurthe-et-Moselle Department. The association La Citadelle, with about 80 members, maintains it, researches its history and presents it to the public with volunteer guides. The visit covers the northern battery and the redoubt; it includes operating a 75 mm turret with a cannon firing and a ride on a historic mini train with a 60 cm gauge.

The collections, built up over more than sixty years, cover fortifications and military equipment, with a photographic exhibition on the 1914–1918 war. A 155 mm turret is displayed there as the last of its kind in northern France.

Højdepunkter

• 2-hour-30-minute guided tour by volunteers
• Operating a 75 mm turret with cannon firing
• Ride on a historic mini train with a 60 cm gauge
• Village entirely surrounded by a fortified wall
• Collections on fortifications and a 1914–1918 photo exhibition
• Lantern night tours by reservation

Permanent udstilling

• Collections sur les fortifications et exposition photo 14-18 – Over sixty years of collections on the fort and military equipment, with a photographic exhibition on the 1914–1918 war.

Ejer

Association La Citadelle (propriétaire : Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Summer and weekend tour rates are the same as those for the daytime tour.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The route includes grassy ground and stairs.

Børn og familie

Ride on a historic mini train during the visit; child rate up to age 12 and family pack. Children should be able to walk on grassy ground and stairs.

Transport & parkering

Reception at 7 rue du 26e RI, 54840 Villey-le-Sec; the tour starts from the entrance to the northern battery, on the Toul side.

Service & spisesteder

Bring warm clothing: the temperature inside the fort is 16 to 18 °C all year round.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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