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La Belle Fontaine

La Belle Fontaine

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La Belle Fontaine

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Location: Le Palais, Morbihan, France

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reisevelo🚲🏕️🥾🎒🕊️☮️🌈

April 23, 2024

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This is a type of freshwater cistern for military shipping that was built in the 17th century. It is part of the Vauban facilities on Belle Ile.

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☀️BirgitonTour☀️

July 29, 2024

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The Aiguade was built in 1696 to collect water from a spring and provide drinking water for the king's ships. It was probably Vauban, Louis XIV's great military engineer, who took the initiative to build it during his stays on Belle-Île (between 1683 and 1689). This is why it is also called the Aiguade Vauban.

Together with the Royal Fountain of St-Nazaire near Rochefort, the Belle Fontaine is the only building still standing in France! It was the first building on the island of Belle-Île to be listed as a historical monument in 1993.

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