Fortress Saint-Maurice

Fortress Saint-Maurice is one of the three main fortification complexes comprising the Swiss National Redoubt. The westernmost of the three, Fortress Saint-Maurice complements Fortress Saint Gotthard and Fortress Sargans to secure the central alpine region of Switzerland against an invading force. The National Redoubt was first conceived in the 1880s as an easily defensible area to secure the survival of the Swiss Confederation. In the late 1930s and 1940s when neutral Switzerland was threatened with invasion from Germany, the National Redoubt and its components were modernized and expanded on a massive scale. The fortification system was maintained and upgraded during the Cold War. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the possibility of a Warsaw Pact invasion disappeared, and by 1995 many positions were abandoned by the military.

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  Battle of Octodurus ⓘ
  battle of the Gallic War

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  Battle of Octodurus ⓘ
  battle in the winter of 57–56 BCE in the Gallic town of Octodurus in what is now Martigny, Valais, Switzerland

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  Battle on the Planta ⓘ
  1475 battle between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the Duchy of Savoy during the Burgundian Wars

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  Col de la Croix Battle ⓘ
  battle that took place in 1798 at the col de la Croix

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  Artilleriewerk Commeire ⓘ
  

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  Artilleriewerk Follatères ⓘ
  

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  Artilleriewerk La Braye ⓘ
  

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  Artilleriewerk La Tine ⓘ
  Artillery forteress

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  Artillery Fort of Champex ⓘ
  museum in Switzerland

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  Dufour fortifications (Vaud/Valais) ⓘ
  group of fortifications located between the Vaud municipality of Bex and the Valais municipalities of Saint-Maurice and Vérossaz in Switzerland.

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  Fort Finhaut ⓘ
  

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  Fortifications de l'Arzillier ⓘ
  Dufour fortifications at Bex, Switzerland

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  Fortress Saint-Maurice ⓘ
  Fortification complex in Switzerland

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  Tour Dufour ⓘ
  

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  Fort de Dailly ⓘ
  Fortification in Switzerland

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  Fort du Scex ⓘ
  military museum

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  Fort de Cindey ⓘ
  military museum

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  Fort de Champillon ⓘ
  artillery fort in Corbeyrier, Switzerland

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  Fort de Chillon ⓘ
  twentieth-century fortification adjacent to Chillon Castle, Switzerland

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  Pyromin Museum ⓘ
  museum in Corbeyrier (Switzerland)

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  Tour du chien ⓘ
  fortified tower in Sion in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

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1475 Battle on the Planta

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1798 Col de la Croix Battle

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1892 Fort de Dailly

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1911 Fort du Scex

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1941 Fort de Cindey

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1942 Fort de Champillon

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1942 Fort de Chillon

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Frameless

Chablais valaisan valley

Positions Mörser

Porte-du-Scex.generale.2003

Hannibal way thru Alps

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Festungsraum St. Maurice

Railroad Bridge over the Drance River, Bovernier, Canton of Valais, Switzerland

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	56	Battle of Octodurus	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	56	Battle of Octodurus	battle, Veragri, Seduni, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1475	Battle on the Planta	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1798	Col de la Croix Battle	battle	Wikidata
site	fort		Artilleriewerk Commeire	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Artilleriewerk Follatères	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Artilleriewerk La Braye	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Artilleriewerk La Tine	Swiss Armed Forces, bunker, fortress, fortification	Wikidata
site	fort		Artillery Fort of Champex	fort, fortress, museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Dufour fortifications (Vaud/Valais)	cultural property, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Finhaut	fort, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fortifications de l'Arzillier	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fortress Saint-Maurice	fortress, military unit	Wikidata
site	fort		Tour Dufour	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1892	Fort de Dailly	fort, Swiss Armed Forces, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1911	Fort du Scex	military museum, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1941	Fort de Cindey	military museum, fortress, heritage site	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Fort de Champillon	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Fort de Chillon	fort, Swiss Armed Forces, bunker, museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Pyromin Museum	military museum, memory institution	Wikidata
site	tower		Tour du chien	architectural structure, fortified tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Chablais valaisan valley		Commons
commons	image		Positions Mörser		Commons
commons	image		Porte-du-Scex.generale.2003		Commons
commons	image		Hannibal way thru Alps		Commons
commons	image		20130125 pano chablais		Commons
commons	image		Festungsraum St. Maurice		Commons
commons	image		Railroad Bridge over the Drance River, Bovernier, Canton of Valais, Switzerland		Commons