Antibes - the Port and the Fort
October 11th 2014 Two of Antibes’ best known attractions owe their existence to Marshall Vauban (1633-1707), one of the most important men in military history.
A soldier’s soldier, humanitarian, social thinker, and engineer extraordinaire, he joined the army in his mid-twenties, rose swiftly, and became Maréchal de France in 1703. He devised a star-shaped fortress with moats, and without “blind spots” whe
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