Fort de Bois-d'Arcy

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The Fort de Bois-d'Arcy as a battery de Bois-d'Arcy known is one of the fortresses around the French capital Paris has been built around it to protect it.

The fort is located in the municipality of Bois-d'Arcy in the Yvelines department . Today it houses the French film archive of the Center national du cinéma et de l'image animée .

history

It was built between 1874 and 1881. The Bois d'Arcy Fort was supposed to protect Fort de Saint-Cyr , Versailles and the camp de Satory. During the Second World War the fort was occupied by the German Wehrmacht . Before the retreat in 1944, the Germans blew it up.

In the 1960s, the fort was taken over by the French Ministry of Culture and the Center national du cinéma et de l'image animée was established there. The most important French films are stored there. It continues to do this today. It has been recognized as a historical monument since 1991.

Other forts in Yvelines are:

Web links

Commons : Fort de Bois-d'Arcy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Thiébaud, Eric: La Batterie de Bois d'Arcy . Mairie Bois de l'Arcy. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.boisdarcy.fr
  2. ↑ Le Pajolec, Sébastien: lletins :: Bulletin n ° 26 Les archives françaises du film à Bois d'Arcy . Pierre Renouvin Institute. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Battery de Bois d'Arcy . In: Merimee . Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved July 15, 2012.

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '23.5 "  N , 2 ° 2' 2.2"  E