La lieutenance (1900) - Honfleur, France
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N 49° 25.256 E 000° 14.031
31U E 299399 N 5477929
[FR] La lieutenance sur les bords du vieux bassin d'Honfleur. [EN] Lieutenancy on the banks of the old Honfleur basin.
Waymark Code: WMV0M5
Location: Normandie, France
Date Posted: 02/03/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TheBeanTeam
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[FR] Au Moyen Age, la Lieutenance représentait l’une des deux
entrées de la forteresse honfleuraise.
Il y avait, d’après un plan de 1662, deux portes qui donnaient accès à la ville : la porte de Rouen, disparue vers 1682, sur
ordonnance de Colbert, et la porte de Caen, l’actuelle Lieutenance. Le nom de Lieutenance lui fut ainsi donné car, de 1684 à la Révolution, les bâtiments qui surmontent la fortification servaient de logement au Lieutenant du Roi. La voûte servait de passage ; des chaînes et des leviers formaient un pont-levis qui permettait de traverser le fossé ouest. La Lieutenance était,
alors, un bastion d’angle dont la partie nord a été détruite et remplacée par le quai actuel.
Au sud et à l’est du bastion, les traces d’arrachement des anciens remparts qui entouraient la ville forte sont encore visibles.

[EN] In the Middle Ages, the Lieutenancy represented one of the two Entrance to the Honfleur fortress.
There were, according to a plan of 1662, two gates which gave access to the city: the Rouen gate, disappeared about 1682, on
Ordinance of Colbert, and the door of Caen, the present Lieutenancy. The name of Lieutenance was thus given to him, for, from 1684 At the time of the Revolution, the buildings which surmounted the fortification served as accommodation for the Lieutenant of the King. The vault served as a
Passage; Chains and levers formed a drawbridge which made it possible to cross the western ditch. The Lieutenancy was,
Then a bastion of angle of which the northern part was destroyed and replaced by the current dock.
To the south and east of the bastion, traces of the old ramparts surrounding the fortified city are still visible.

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Year photo was taken: 1900

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