Former Vauban Stables

pictures

description

brief description: 

in the 17th century, Louis XIV had the medieval upper part of the town (the former Longwy-Haut) destroyed in order to rebuild in its place a new town structure which was to serve as a defensive link on the North-East front. Based on a hexagonal layout, Longwy was built by the Marquis de Vauban, foremost military architect of his time, as the ideal Baroque fortified city: church, arsenal, barracks, fountains, houses grouped around a square, and the whole surrounded by a massive star-shaped defensive wall with six bastions. A monumental main gate (the so-called French Gate) and four of the six bastions have been preserved to this day. Two bastions contain munitions and powder depots, the other two house the cruciform casemates whose noteworthy building shape is exceptional in Vauban`s oeuvre.

relevant filming facts

usage: 
tourism and leisure
condition: 
good overall condition
interior architecture: 
3 rooms, unfurnished
layout: 
approximately 150-200 m²
Background noise: 
noise nuisances
Lift/elevator: 
n/a
possible disturbing factors: 
visual: situated in the heart of town (rather quiet)

accessibility

train: 
Longwy station is 10 minutes away

supply

sanitary facilities: 
n/a
electricity supply: 
n/a
water supply: 
n/a

contact

Marie-Alix Fourquenay