Château de Joux

metropolitan France · France

Château de Joux, France
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A layered fortress guarding a narrow pass in the Jura, remodelled across centuries up to the era of Vauban. Its rings of walls and deep rock-cut ditch held notable prisoners, including Toussaint Louverture.

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