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Fort de Caluire

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Fort de Caluire
Caluire-et-Cuire
Entrance of fort
Fort de Caluire is located in France
Fort de Caluire
Fort de Caluire
Coordinates45°47′35″N 4°50′13″E / 45.793°N 4.837°E / 45.793; 4.837
TypeFort
Site history
Built1831 (1831)
ArchitectHubert Rohault de Fleury (soldier)
In use1933 (1933)

Fort de Caluire was an old fortification situated in Caluire-et-Cuire. Now demolished, it was part of the first belt of forts protecting Lyon.

History

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Fronton at the entrance of the Mushroom Farm

Built in 1831, it was connected to the Fort de Montessuy by a long chamber, from which it defended the approaches to the Croix-Rousse along the road from the Dombes.

Placed on the slope of the Saône it defended the river, along with Fort de Loyasse, Fort Duchère and Fort Saint-Jean. It was square, with a bastion at each corner.

In the 1860s a mushroom farm operated in the underground enclosure connecting the two forts, with the old bastions repurposed into underground grow-rooms.[1] T

Today

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The fort was demolished in 1933 to make way for the construction of the current Henri Cochet stadium. A few clues remain as to its location such as the present street known as the montée (rise or climb) des Forts; the entrance to fort de Caluire was at the current intersection of montée des Forts and avenue Paul Doumer.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Association OCRA-LYON, ed. (7 November 2009), Visite de l'ancienne champignonnière de Caluire-et-Cuire (PDF) (in French), Lyon, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2011, retrieved 28 July 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

Bibliography

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  • Dallemagne, François; Georges Fessy (2006). Les défenses de Lyon: enceintes et fortifications (in French). Lyon: Éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire. pp. 124–126. ISBN 2-84147-177-2.