Fort d'Ivry
Fort d'Ivry | |
---|---|
Part of Siege of Paris | |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | ECPAD |
Fort d'Ivry was built in the
Description
Fort d'Ivry dominates a crossroads just to the north of the fort, one of the major approaches to Paris leading to the Porte d'Ivry in the Thiers wall. The pentagonal fort has bastions at each of its five points. The original construction is in stone, with rough stone for the majority of exterior surfaces and dressed stone for accents, gates and window surrounds. A ditch, which still exists on three sides, lies outside the walls. One side of the fort's wall is pierced with 18 casemates, while the others have a parapet shielding a covered walkway. Casemates are also cut into the flanks of the bastions to provide covering fire along the length of the main walls. Three wells provide water. A central parade ground is flanked by a barracks and two officers' residences. The main gate is complemented by three postern gates.[2]
The fort includes more than two kilometers of underground passages added between 1852 and 1860, with ceilings six meters thick. The fort was upgraded after the Franco-Prussian War as part of the Séré de Rivières program. A police barracks now occupies the former ditch on the west side, while a variety of buildings occupy the former glacis. The former casemates, barracks and magazine have been redeveloped as offices.[2]
History
During the
Roger Degueldre, chief of the Commando Delta organization of the Organisation armée secrète, was executed by firing squad at the Fort d'Ivry on 6 July 1962.[4]
ECPAD
The Communication and Audiovisual Production Company for the Department of Defense (Établissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la Défense, E.C.P.A.D.) stores the audio-visual archives of the French defense forces from 1900 to present and produces new materials. Approximately 3.5 million photographs and 16,800 films are preserved. The archives include collections relating to World War I, World War II and the liberation of France, the Indochina war, Algeria, NATO, UN operations and German-produced material from World War II.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Accès". www.defense.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Fort at Ivry-sur-Seine (94)". Chemins de mémoire. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
- ^ "Le fort d'ivry". archives.ecpad.fr. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Pouillot, Henri. "Versailles (78) - Roger Degueldre" (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ISBN 978-2-7233-2020-7.
- ISBN 2-84186-266-6.
External links
- Fort at Ivry-sur-Seine at Chemins de mémoire
- ECPAD (in French)