Vauban & Fort Barraux 

 Fort-Barraux

Vauban gets to the Fort in 1692 and is extremely negative about what was achieved by its predecessors. He asks for the improvement of the most obvious weaknesses:

	Ditches are made 2-meter deeper (6 feet);
	Design of bastions is modified with their edges sharpened;
	Width of covered ways is reduced, their layout is streamlined and profile remodeled. Traverses cut them to confine the effect of ricochet  fire;
	Galleries are added inside the flanks of bastions;
	Watchtowers are remodeled;
	Communication between the central fort and the ravelin of Savoie is modified with the addition of an open caponniere including parapets and palisades;
	Curtains of the North and East fronts are enhanced with the addition of light tenailles and palisades;
	Vauban finally creates the South redoubt.

Design by Vauban 
(1692).
Historical Services of the French Army 
(Vincennes)
(Click to enlarge)

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