Fort de l’Olive

The Fort de l'Olive is a fortification in the vicinity of Briançon in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. Built in 1881 it was originally called the Ouvrage du Bois des Gasquets, it was the third and final fort built near Briançon as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications in the 1870s and 1880s.

Photo: David Berardan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort de Lenlon and Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Grâces de Plampinet.

Fort de Lenlon

Fort

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Fort de Lenlon is situated 1½ km southwest of Fort de l’Olive.

Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Grâces de Plampinet

Church

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Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Grâces de Plampinet is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Fort de l’Olive.

Église Saint-Sébastien de Plampinet

Church

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Église Saint-Sébastien de Plampinet is a church, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Fort de l’Olive.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plampinet and Ville Haute.

Plampinet

Hamlet

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Plampinet is a hamlet.

Ville Haute

Hamlet

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Ville Haute is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northwest of Fort de l’Olive.

Val-des-Prés

Village

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Val-des-Prés is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is situated in the Clarée Valley. Val-des-Prés is situated 6 km southeast of Fort de l’Olive.

Fort de l’Olive

Type: Fort
Description: fortification in Dauphiné, France
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Névache, Arrondissement of Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude

44.99755° or 44° 59′ 51″ north

Longitude

6.64586° or 6° 38′ 45″ east

Open location code

8FP8XJXW+28

OpenStreetMap ID

way 123268843

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q3078317

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In Other Languages

“Fort de l’Olive” goes by many names.

French: “fort de l’Olive”
French: “Fort de l’olive”
French: “Fort de l’Olive”
French: “Fort De L’Olive”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle Saint-François-Régis de Plampinet and Place de la Chapelle.

Nearby Places

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