Fortress Around Your Heart, a photo from Franche-Comte, East

Photographer's Note

Citadel's entry of the town of Besancon.

The citadel spreads on 11 hectares and overhangs of more than 100 meters the old town of Besancon. Conceived by the military engineer french, Vauban (born in Vezelay in Bourgogne), it was completed in 1711. This brilliant engineer will revolutionize techniques the of siege and fortification at that time in Europe.

A little history about this city during this period:

The town of Besancon and its area remained a long time under the protection of the emperors of Germany (5 centuries). In 1651, it was then yielded to the king of Spain, Philippe IV. Hitherto prosperous, the city was conquered with the remainder of the area of Franche-Comt� in 1668 per Louis XIV, king of France. No long after, he returned the city to Spanish by the peace treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. But the war against Spain flaring up again in 1674, Louis XIV took one second time Besancon and made it strengthen by Vauban.

Fortress Around Your Heart, Sting (1985).

maphoto, Zanni, Hanssie, nwoehnl, elroyie, digi-mom, lappino has marked this note useful

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Rockyboy (20598) 2004-07-06 17:53

Cela semble un labyrinthe et j'adore cet escalier en bas qui m鋝e au pont. Tr鋊 belle composition et n'彋ant pas trop loin d'Aix-la-Chapelle, il faudrait que j'aille faire un reportage photo l�-bas...

maphoto (8082) 2004-07-06 21:36

Tr鋊 belle vue � l'int廨ieur de cette forteresse, l'angle choisi est excellente et nous donne une belle vue d'ensemble, les chemins et les diff廨ents reliefs aide � cette tr鋊 belle architecture, tr鋊 bien.

Zanni (6108) 2004-07-07 0:05

A picture in the real spirit of TE with very useful note. Good pov and colours.

centurion (0) 2004-07-07 0:26

Very sharp and colourful picture with historical ambience.

Hanssie (11022) 2004-07-07 4:18

Lines everywhere !
Beautiful shot of this fortress with a good note, and you know what ? Just two tourists...

Georges (11185) 2004-07-07 16:34

La note est exellente et elle complete a merveille ton clich� Philippe.
L'angle est bien choisi ici et nous donne un joli piqu� bravo.
Bonne gestion de la lumiere.

nwoehnl (122) 2004-07-07 16:40

Very nice shot, Philippe - those old castles and fortresses make wonderful photo subjects, particularly at this time of year when they are embedded in a fabulous green landscape. A lot of nice angles and shapes in this view that keep the viewer busy exploring for a while. Great color setting and it's good you were able to include the pedestrians on the bridge. Well captured, and a good job on the note, too.

GREAT song title - not one of Sting's best known, but one of my favorites of his.

elroyie (2750) 2004-07-09 18:54

Great picture, very good colours and very interesting place, you had a bad light for photography but you managed well. Very good composition.

ma-tibou (4568) 2004-07-14 2:57

Tr鋊 jolie vue d'ensemble pour cette jolie citadelle, la note explicative nous donne beaucoup de d彋ails . Alors ce petit s嶴our dans les Alpes? de jolies photos en perspective.