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The fort du Bron is a fortification built between 1875 and 1877. Located on the territory of the commune of Source. It is part of the second belt of fortifications around Lyon including VANCAR, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun. == History == Its history is linked to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Indeed, as a result of Treaty of Frankfurt which ended the war 1870, France lost the Alsace and also Lorraine, reducing its borders. To ensure the best defense of Lyon, it was decided to build a strong cordon of forts encircling the city to the east, which included the forts of Bron, of VANCAR, Feyzin and Mont Verdun. These forts were equipped with significant amounts of artillery with all the hardware, staff, and powder storage that this then entailed. When a defensive reorganization occurred in France in 1874, the commune of Source was therefore included in the crown of detached forts, to protect the stronghold of Lyon. From 1875 to 1885, the following was built successively around the town : * Fort Bron, placed on the hill above the Rhone valley to Saint-Priest; * the batteries Lessivas and Parilly ; * a walled enclosure with four bastions protecting the roads to Grenoble. Fort Bron is the only one remaining, built 1875 to 1877. Fort Bron was completed with two annexed batteries Lessivas and Parilly. But the advances in artillery quickly made these forts, and therefore that of Source, ineffective, inadequate and unable to defend Lyon. In addition World War I did not take place in this region, so this fort was then only used as a barracks and to warehouse equipment. During the Second World War the Germans used it as a prison. The French army used it until 1962 as an annex of the air base until its decommissioning in 1963. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort de Bron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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