Fort des Gondrans
Fort des Gondrans
Montgenèvre
Situated at an altitude of 2,460 meters, this is a group of batteries and blockhouses designed to defend the heights of Briançon from the Col des Anges.
This Maginot infantry structure was built between 1932 and 1940.
Les Gondrans is a ridge line oriented from north to south, serving as a buttress to Mount Janus (which culminates a little further north at 2,565 meters above sea level), further north, and overlooking the Gondrans ledge (around 2,200 m above sea level), further east, where the sources of the Durance are located.
This ridge was fortified at the end of the 19th century, as part of the Séré de Rivières system, with a series of infantry works built on the summits: hill 2,398 (Gondran A), 2,347 (Gondran B), 2,459 (Gondran C, on the summit of Anges) and 2,432 (Gondran D).
This fortified line covered the military road which goes up to Fort Janus and prohibited infantry infiltrations.
The Maginot structure of Gondran E was then built in front of the line of the other Gondrans, below and further east of Gondran D at approximately 2,350 meters above sea level.
The association “Discovery of the Maginots” organizes guided tours of the Fort du Gondran E once in the summer.
Rates
Free access.
Dates
All year round, daily.
Col Gondrans
05100 Montgenèvre
05100 Montgenèvre
Languages spoken
- Italian
- English
- French
At the top of the angels
Updated 08/17/2020 – Montgenèvre Tourist Office –Suggest an edit
