Тринадцать фортификационных комплексов вдоль западных, северных и восточных границ Франции представляют собой лучшие образцы архитектурного творчества Себастьяна Ле Престра де Вобана (1633-1707 гг.), военного инженера при дворе Людовика XIV. Комплексный объект включает целые города, полностью построенные по проектам Вобана, равнинные крепости, городские крепостные стены, башни-бастионы и жилое здание. Это также горные крепости, морские форты, горная батарея и два объекта коммуникации. Эти строения – лучшие образцы классических фортификационных сооружений, типичных для западноевропейской архитектуры военного предназначения. Вобан внес большой вклад в развитие фортификационного строительства не только в Европе, но и на американском континенте, а также в России, Турции, Вьетнаме и Японии.

Выдающаяся универсальная ценность на английском

The work of Vauban constitutes a major contribution to universal military architecture. It crystallises earlier strategic theories into a rational system of fortifications based on a concrete relationship to territory. It bears witness to the evolution of European fortification in the 17th century and produced models used all over the world up to the mid-19th century, thereby illustrating a significant period of history. Criterion (i): Vauban’s work bears witness to the peak of classic bastioned fortification, typical of western military architecture of modern times. Criterion (ii): Vauban played a major role in the history of fortification. The imitation of his standard-models of military buildings in Europe and on the American continent, the dissemination in Russian and Turkish of his theoretical thinking along with the use of the forms of his fortification as a model for fortresses in the Far East, bear witness to the universality of his work. Criterion (iv): Vauban’s work illustrates a significant period of human history. It is a work of the mind applied to military strategy, architecture and construction, civil engineering, and economic and social organisation. The property guarantees the integrity and authenticity, and reflects the various facets of Vauban’s work. Its legal protection is satisfactory; the administration by the State and the local authorities provides satisfactory guarantees and responses regarding the natural and tourism risks involved. Pooling experience in the areas of restoration and enhancement of the properties within the Network of Major Vauban Sites has already begun.