Tour Vauban
The Tour Vauban, initially known as the tour de Camaret, is an 18m-high polygonal defensive tower built to a plan by Vauban on the Sillon at Camaret-sur-Mer, as part of the fortifications of the goulet de Brest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour and Port du Styvel.
Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour
Church
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Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crozon.
Crozon
Village
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Crozon is a commune in the department of Finistère and the administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Besides the town of Crozon, the village of Morgat is part of the commune. Crozon is situated 8 km southeast of Tour Vauban.
Tour Vauban
- Type: Historical site
- Description: fortified tower
- Categories: fortified tower, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Camaret-sur-Mer, Arrondissement of Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Tour Vauban” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Vauban dorrea”
- Breton: “Tour Vauban”
- Catalan: “torre Vauban”
- Chinese: “沃邦塔”
- Dutch: “Tour Vauban”
- French: “Tour dorée”
- French: “tour Vauban”
- French: “Tour Vauban”
- German: “Vauban-Turm”
- Italian: “Torre di Vauban”
- Russian: “Башня Вобана”
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