Talk:Fort l'Écluse

The Sign on the Fort's Wall
I visited the fort last weekend. The following is the english section of a sign on the wall of the lower section of the fort:

"Fort - l'Écluse is a holding fort controlling the Gex valley and road to Lyon. It was originally built by the Sires of Gex to defend their barony, and became the launching pad for the conquests made by the Count of Savoy from 1293 onwards. In the 16th century, it became a focal point of the struggle between Bern and Geneva to control the Gex region. After becoming French in 1601, Fort - l'Écluse protected the kingdom's frontier with Savoy and guaranteed the safety of the upper Rhone Valley and Lyon. After the 1870-1871 War, it maintained a secondary role in defending the frontier of the Jura and the Alps.

The guardroom. To leave the Pays de Gex to go to France, travelers went through the fort, in the 18th century next to the Porte de France and later, in 1822, it was set up on the ground floor of the new gate. At the end of the 19th century, it was removed to one of the bastions. The guardroom was usually composed of a guardhouse and an officer's chamber. The overhang of the roof (or a sentry box) sheltered the guards whose task it was to monitor travelers. After the construction of the railway in 1855 and the road tunnel in 1938, travelers were no longer required to go via Fort -l'Écluse. " ]] (Pulu (talk) 12:05, 25 September 2010 (UTC))

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