The fort Victor Emmanuel is located Aussois, in Savoie, 38 km east of Saint-Jean de Maurienne and 8 km northeast of Modane.
The building belongs to a group of fortifications called the barrier Esseillon on either side of the course of the Arc, consisting of four forts and a high redoubt between 1819 and 1834 to protect the Italian Piedmont and prevent French possible intrusions. They all bear the names of members of the royal family of Savoy.
The fort Victor Emmanuel is the largest of them and could house 1,500 men.
The buildings were built in rock slope. A unique example of its kind, the entire barrier Esseillon also has a parade, a chapel, bread ovens and a penitentiary.
Part of the unit is classified, whose strong Victor Emmanuel.
Free access, the site also specificity neighborly Sardinian military cemetery where were buried the soldiers while serving in different strengths. Two altars were used to preserve the bodies of the deceased when the frozen ground necessary to delay the burial.
The fort can be visited for free: besides the building, you can enjoy from the scene of views without equal. It also reveals the starting point of many via ferrata (mountain routes with route along the rock wall through landscaped and secure passages).
Information at +33 4 79 05 99 06.
