Fort du Roule
The Fort du Roule is a collection of French and German fortifications built in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the Roule mountain in Cherbourg.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Montagne du Roule and Théâtre Vox.
Théâtre Vox
Arts center
Église Notre-Dame-du-Roule de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Octeville and La Glacerie.
La Glacerie
Village
La Glacerie is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. La Glacerie is situated 4 km southeast of Fort du Roule.
Nouainville
Village
Fort du Roule
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortifications in Cherbourg-Octeville, France
- Categories: fortress, fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Arrondissement of Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.63052° or 49° 37′ 50″ north
Longitude
-1.61374° or 1° 36′ 50″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8CXWJ9JP+6G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Fort du Roule” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دو رول”
- French: “fort du Roule”
- French: “Fort du Roule”
- Turkish: “Roule Hisarı”
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