France, Lille - Gate of the Citadel
The highly ornate interior Gate of the Citadel at Lille, France, built c.1668. The citadel was part of a double line of fortified towns of Gravelines, Dunkirk and Maubeuge-Rocroi. It was famous pre carre ('square field'), conceived by Vauban comprising 28 fortified cities
Picture No
10410429
Media ID
46560864
Size
4690px x 2981px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
