Fort Mont-Valérien
Fort Mont-Valérien is a fortress in Suresnes, a western Paris suburb, built in 1841 as part of the city's ring of modern fortifications. It overlooks the Bois de Boulogne across the Seine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: military fortress on Mont Valérien in Suresnes, France
- Also known as: “Fort du Mont-Valerien”, “Fort du Mont-Valérien”, and “Mount Valerien fortress”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mémorial de la France combattante and Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial.
Mémorial de la France combattante
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The Mémorial de la France combattante is the most important memorial to French fighters of World War II. It is situated below Fort Mont-Valérien in Suresnes, in the western suburbs of Paris. Mémorial de la France combattante is situated 190 metres south of Fort Mont-Valérien.
Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
Cemetery
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The Suresnes American Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the resting place of 1,559 American soldiers killed in World War I and 24 unknown soldiers of World War II. Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial is situated 320 metres east of Fort Mont-Valérien.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Suresnes and Carrefour de Norvège.
Suresnes
Town
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Suresnes is a commune in Hauts-de-Seine, in the western inner suburbs of Paris, located 9.3 km from the centre of Paris. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 48,956.
Puteaux
Town
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Puteaux is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, 8.7 kilometres from the centre of Paris. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan area, spreads over the northern part of Puteaux and parts of the neighbouring communes Courbevoie and Nanterre.
Fort Mont-Valérien
- Categories: fortress, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Suresnes, Arrondissement of Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Fort Mont-Valérien” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆորտ Մոն Վալերիեն”
- Catalan: “fortalesa de Mont Valérien”
- Chinese: “瓦莱里堡垒”
- Chinese: “瓦萊里安山堡壘”
- Chinese: “瓦萊里安山要塞”
- Chinese: “蒙瓦莱里城堡”
- Chinese: “蒙瓦萊裏城堡”
- Dutch: “vesting Mont-Valérien”
- Esperanto: “Fortreso de Mont-Valérien”
- French: “fort du mont Valérien”
- French: “forteresse du Mont-Valérien”
- French: “Forteresse du Mont-Valérien”
- German: “Fort Mont-Valérien”
- Hebrew: “מצודת הר ולריאן”
- Hungarian: “Mont-Valérien-erőd”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Mont-Valérien”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Mont-Valérien”
- Japanese: “モン・ヴァレリアン要塞”
- Malay: “Fort Mont-Valérien”
- Russian: “Форт Мон-Валерьен”
- Slovenian: “trdnjava Mont-Valérien”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Mont Valérien”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza del Mont Valérien”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de Mont Valérien”
- Spanish: “Fuerte del Mont Valérien”
- Swedish: “Mont-Valériens fästning”
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