Saint-Irénée fortress
Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ' N , 4 ° 49' E
| Fort Saint-Irénée Fort Dubois-Crancé |
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|---|---|
| place | Lyon ( 5th arr. ) |
| Fastening section | 1. Defensive wall |
| Construction | fortress |
| built | 1832-1842 |
| design type | Masonry |
| control | France |
| crew | 800 |
The Saint-Irénée fortress was built from 1832 to 1842 and was part of Lyon's first city walls .
history
The pentagonal building on a 150 × 180 m floor plan was mainly used to house the commander of the western sector of Lyon . The fortress could accommodate up to 800 people in the individual garrisons.
The supply in the powder tower, in which 22 tons of explosives could initially be stored and which was increased to 42 tons in 1880, could supply 60 cannons.
The fortress had a kitchen, laundry, canteen, horse stables and several storage rooms.
today
This fortress has been used in various ways since its abandonment:
- From 1920 to 1946 the Institut franco-chinois de Lyon was established here.
- After the Second World War it became a student residence.
In the fortress there is a remnant of the Aqueduct of Greed ; this part of the aqueduct is listed.
Height information
In the lower right part of the entrance to the Saint-Irénée fortress, the number 380 is engraved with a horizontal line about 1 meter above the ground. It is evidently the height in feet , referring to a mark on the Saône-Quai near the Pont Bonaparte.
A study by ASSIL (ASsociation des SItes de Loyasse) shows that the number given cannot be calculated in feet, but that it is probably a negative number that relates to a higher point (around 660 m) and perhaps the fortress of Mont Verdun at an altitude of 625 m.
To support this thesis, members of the society took further measurements on similar markings; the totality of the marked heights and protection by the IGN , be it on the basis of a marking or on the basis of a plan, always result in the height of 660 m.
| Name of the fortress | Height indication on the building | Height according to IGN | Fixed point according to IGN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort de la Vitriolerie | 493 m | 167.125 m | 660 m |
| Fort de Vaise | 450 m | 210 m | 660 m |
| Fort de Loyasse | 389 m | 271 m | 660 m |
| Fort Saint-Irénée | 380 m | 280.173 m | 660 m |
| Lunette you Fossoyeur | 379 m | 281 m | 660 m |
literature
- François Dallemagne (Photo: Georges Fessy): Les défenses de Lyon: enceintes et fortifications . Éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire, Lyon 2005, ISBN 2-84147-177-2 , p. 107-109 .
- Bernard Bourrust: le site du fort Saint-Irénée de Lyon: à travers les âges . Association Culturelle des Sanctuaires de Saint-Irénée etr Saint-Just, March 2004, ISSN 1266-8303 , p. 64 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Compare with the city walls of Lyon (not translated)
- ↑ cf. the website
- ↑ cf. see the official website of the "Monuments historique"
- ↑ cf. more information under Pont Bonaparte (not translated)
- ↑ Bernard Bourrust, Le du site continued Saint-Irenee de Lyon, à travers les âges, the Association Culturelle Sanctuaires de Saint-Irénée and Saint-Just, Lyon, 2004, page 64, ISSN 1266 to 8303