500px provided description: La ? porte de Belfort ? est la porte principal de l?enceinte fortifi?e entourant Neuf-Brisach, ville cr??e en 1697 dans la plaine d?Alsace, apr?s la perte de Vieux-Brisach au-del? du Rhin, est la seule et magnifique illustration du ? troisi?me syst?me ? de Vauban. C?est Louis XIV lui-m?me qui, parmi les trois projets soumis par Vauban, choisit le plan octogonal qui est parvenu jusqu?? nous. Cette derni?re fortification construite par Vauban, est consid?r?e comme l?aboutissement de son ?uvre en mati?re d'architecture militaire. .

The "Porte de Belfort" is the main gateway to the fortified enclosure surrounding Neuf-Brisach, a town created in 1697 in the Alsace plain after the loss of Old Brisach beyond the Rhine, is the only magnificent illustration Of the "third system" of Vauban. It is Louis XIV himself who, among the three projects submitted by Vauban, chooses the octagonal plan which has reached us.

This last fortification built by Vauban, is considered the culmination of his work in military architecture. [#landscape ,#nature ,#travel ,#tourism ,#beautiful ,#cute ,#love ,#child ,#history ,#france ,#traveler ,#photography ,#voyage ,#mahe ,#alsace ,#animation ,#tourisme ,#histoire ,#vauban ,#photooftheday ,#picoftheday ,#neufbrisach ,#louisXIV ,#alsacelorraine ,#liveyourdream ,#lookmom ,#manalyss ,#hautrhin ,#animatedimages ,#alsacetourisme]