Fort de Brégançon

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Fort de Brégançon (2012)

Fort de Brégançon is a French fortress from the Middle Ages in the municipality of Bormes-les-Mimosas , which has recently served as a summer residence for the French presidents .

location

The fortress is located on a small Mediterranean - island on the French Riviera . A short dam connects the island with the nearby mainland. The island is part of the municipality of Bormes-les-Mimosas, which in turn belongs to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur . The basic formation of the island consists of a 35 meter high rock on which the eponymous fortress was built.

background

The rock fortress was built in the Middle Ages. During the winter of the siege of Toulon (1793/94), the young Napoleon Bonaparte stayed there. Napoleon was the first consul of the French Republic to equip the fortress with 23 cannons in 1799. In 1875, four years after the Franco-German War , it was decided to disarm the fortress. During the First World War , the fortress served as a barracks . From 1919 it was no longer used for military purposes, but was retained as a sight . After the Second World War , the former Minister of the Navy, Robert Bellanger, rented the fortress as a summer residence and renovated it. Since 1968, the presidency of Charles de Gaulle , Fort de Brégançon has served as an official refuge for the President of the French Republic. The system was accordingly equipped with more modern equipment. For example, a helipad was set up. In August 1985, President François Mitterrand invited Chancellor Helmut Kohl to the fortress. During the meeting, Kohl and Mitterrand got closer. They agreed to set up a so-called red telephone between Bonn and Paris in order to be able to coordinate permanently. In August 2020, Chancellor Angela Merkel was invited to visit the island.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Focus : Meeting on the Côte d'Azur Brexit drama, Erdogan's muscle games, Mali: Macron is now more than ever on Merkel , from: August 20, 2020; accessed on: August 21, 2020
  2. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Fortress Brégançon: A naked president on the balcony , page 1, from: September 7, 2014; accessed on: August 21, 2020
  3. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Fortress Brégançon: A naked president on the balcony , page 2, from: September 7, 2014; accessed on: August 21, 2020
  4. ↑ Focus : Meeting on the Côte d'Azur Brexit drama, Erdogan's muscle games, Mali: Macron is now more than ever on Merkel , from: August 20, 2020; accessed on: August 21, 2020

Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ′ 34.9 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 20.7 ″  E