Fort de Pattacreuse

Fort de Pattacreuse is a castle in Val-Cenis, Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,395 metres. Fort de Pattacreuse is situated nearby to the cave Entrée bunker, as well as near the fort Batterie B5.

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Type: Castle
Description: building in Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Italy
Also known as: “Ancien Fort de Pattacreuse”, “Batteria Pattacroce”, and “fort de Pattacreuse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mont-Cenis Lake and Forte Varisello.

Mont-Cenis Lake

Reservoir

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Mont-Cenis Lake is a lake located in the Mont-Cenis massif at an altitude of 1,974 meters in the municipality of Val-Cenis in France. It is situated at the top of the Cenise valley, on the Italian side of the Mont-Cenis pass, the most frequented passage on the Lyon-Turin-Milan axis during the Middle Ages between Western Europe and the Italian peninsula. Mont-Cenis Lake is situated 2½ km northeast of Fort de Pattacreuse.

Forte Varisello

Castle

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Forte Varisello is a castle, which is situated 2½ km east of Fort de Pattacreuse.

Fort Malamot

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Fort Malamot is situated 2½ km south of Fort de Pattacreuse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand-Croix and Moncenisio.

Grand-Croix

Hamlet

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Grand-Croix is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km east of Fort de Pattacreuse.

Moncenisio

Village

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Moncenisio is the smallest comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, on the border with France, in Val Cenischia. Moncenisio is situated 6 km east of Fort de Pattacreuse.