Tour Fondue - Hyères, France
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N 43° 01.579 E 006° 09.342
32T E 268257 N 4767663
La batterie du Pradeau, dite aussi la tour Fondue, est un ancien fortin, situé au sud de la presqu'île de Giens / The Pradeau battery, also known as the Fondue tower, is an old fort, located to the south of the Giens peninsula
Waymark Code: WM1358D
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 09/19/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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FR La batterie du Pradeau, dite aussi la tour Fondue, est un ancien fortin, situé au sud de la presqu'île de Giens, dans le département du Var et sur la commune d'Hyères.

Historique
Le fort est le vestige d'une ancienne tour défensive du xviie siècle, vraisemblablement construite vers 1634 sous Richelieu, au sud de la presqu'île de Giens. Elle permet de localiser facilement le port réservé aux navires desservant l'île de Porquerolles. Ce petit ouvrage polygonal a été remanié aux xviie et xixe siècles. En 1881, il était encore armé de 2 canons rayés (canons de 30). Le site naturel a été déclassé et le fort abandonné.

Appelée aussi « batterie du Pradeau », la tour Fondue a, elle, été inscrite sur l'inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques en 1989.

En 1978, cet ouvrage est devenu propriété du parc national de Port-Cros qui le restaura en 1991. Le bâtiment a été fermé au public pour des questions de sécurité.
EN The Pradeau battery, also known as the Fondue tower, is an old fort, located to the south of the Giens peninsula, in the Var department and in the town of Hyères.

History
The fort is the vestige of an old defensive tower from the seventeenth century, probably built around 1634 under Richelieu, south of the Giens peninsula. It makes it easy to locate the port reserved for ships serving the island of Porquerolles. This small polygonal structure was reworked in the 17th and 19th centuries. In 1881, he was still armed with 2 rifled guns (30 guns). The natural site has been decommissioned and the fort abandoned.

Also called the “Pradeau battery”, the Fondue tower was listed on the supplementary inventory of historical monuments in 1989.

In 1978, this structure became the property of the Port-Cros national park, which restored it in 1991. The building was closed to the public for security reasons.


Source : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Fondue
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