# Fort du Mont Alban

Nice, France

This compact sixteenth-century fort commands the ridge between Nice and Villefranche. Its bastions, drawbridge, cistern and artillery terrace reveal a carefully engineered frontier position whose military record was surprisingly uneven.

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Coordinates: 43.701326, 7.300297

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