Fort de la Fraternité
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The fort de la Fraternité (fort of brotherhood) is a fort located on the îlot du Diable
in Roscanvel
, France
. The whole complex is now in ruins, though a powder magazine is still standing, with a roof of large rectangular tiles and elaborate guttering.
The fort was built in 1791 (around a gun battery built in 1695) as part of the defences around the goulet de Brest
. It was modified in the second half of the 19th century, though it was abandoned by the military in 1870 and turned into a storehouse for wood and lime
(a lime kiln at the site dates to 1800, and a limestone seam on the site continued to be exploited until 1875). A casemate was added by the Germans in 1942.
Îlot du Diable
Îlot du Diable is a gun battery built to support fort de la Fraternité in the defensive system around the goulet de Brest in France. It is sited on the peninsula of Roscanvel and is accessible by a small bridge. The battery was razed in the 19th century and in 1890 on its site was built a bunker...
in Roscanvel
Roscanvel
Roscanvel is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Roscanvel are called in French Roscanvelistes.-See also:*Quélern*Communes of the Finistère department...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The whole complex is now in ruins, though a powder magazine is still standing, with a roof of large rectangular tiles and elaborate guttering.
The fort was built in 1791 (around a gun battery built in 1695) as part of the defences around the goulet de Brest
Goulet de Brest
The Goulet de Brest is a 3 km long strait linking the roadstead of Brest to the Atlantic Ocean. Only 1.8 km wide, it is situated between the Pointe du Petit Minou and the Pointe du Portzic to the north and the îlot des Capucins and the Pointe des Espagnols to the south.At each turn of...
. It was modified in the second half of the 19th century, though it was abandoned by the military in 1870 and turned into a storehouse for wood and lime
Lime mortar
Lime mortar is a type of mortar composed of lime and an aggregate such as sand, mixed with water. It is one of the oldest known types of mortar, dating back to the 4th century BC and widely used in Ancient Rome and Greece, when it largely replaced the clay and gypsum mortars common to Ancient...
(a lime kiln at the site dates to 1800, and a limestone seam on the site continued to be exploited until 1875). A casemate was added by the Germans in 1942.
External links
- Position of Fort de la Fraternité (photos)
- Fort de la Fraternité (photos)