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Fort de Charlemont — Attraction in Charleville-Mézières

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The Fortress of Charlemont is a French stronghold located near the Belgian border on the Meuse. It is a citadel, surrounded by a network of outworks, including the connecting forts. It dominates the town of Givet and when in use as a working fortress controlled the valley of the Meuse.
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Hôtel Val Saint-Hilaire
7 Quai des Fours, 08600 Givet, France
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Fort de Charlemont

1 Sous Charlemont, 08600 Givet, France
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The Fortress of Charlemont is a French stronghold located near the Belgian border on the Meuse. It is a citadel, surrounded by a network of outworks, including the connecting forts. It dominates the town of Givet and when in use as a working fortress controlled the valley of the Meuse.

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4.4
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3.0
4y

The fort is pretty cool to see. It’s a ghost town with old, abandoned buildings. When you park, to the right of the parking lot is a gorgeous view of the river. It was confusing on where anything was since there were no signs or people. We were there on a Saturday afternoon and there wasn’t a soul in sight. We just walked around and explored. There was a lady in a small shack towards the end of the row of old buildings but we didn’t venture all the way out there. We didn’t have to pay anything to walk around since there was no staff around. There is a small snack shop right when you cross the entrance bridge but you can’t park there unless you have a handicap sticker so you have to walk all the way there and back to the parking lot. It was too tiring in the hot sun or we would’ve gotten an ice cream or souvenir. I do not recommend walking up to the fort from town since it’s all uphill and quite a ways...

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5.0
2y

this is definitely the biggest fortress I have ever seen, you can park right in the areal, but we parked under the hill and walked up the road, first part of the fort is free, second is paid, you can buy tickets either right after the entrance in the small restaurant, or further on at the entrance to the paid part, staff is English speaking and very kind, there were military barracks in the area that resemble more modern buildings, the rest is from a historic era, as far as exhibits are concerned, there is nothing there except a small room with some exponats behind the bar, but the area is huge, there are many viewing points, beautiful nature, interesting underground rooms breathing history, even also a children's playground, toilets, refreshment, souvenirs available, we spent almost 2 hours there, it was a great trip, I...

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1.0
2y

Moi je trouve qu'il y a beaucoup d'excuses des responsables de la citadelle à savoir que beaucoup de gens ont pointe du doigt le manque d'intérêt historique de la part des responsables il est vrai que de constater que tout tombre pratiquement en ruine et est laissé à l'abandon et c'est de pire en pire alors déjà pour un petit éclaircissement on ne dit pas guérilla urbaine on dit terrain d'airsoft les parties payantes j'ai eu l'occasion d'aller visiter qui soit disant à notre historique en ont aucun il n'y a aucun explication de la part d'aucun guide ce qui est dommage car cette citadelle a beaucoup d'endroits qui pourraient être mis en valeur vous prétendez que dû à son passé militaire il est très difficile de mettre en place une organisation de visite ou autre moi je peux vous dire que c'est également faux parce que d'autres citadelle comme en Belgique la citadelle de Dinant la Citadelle de Namur la citadelle de Huy toutes ces citadelles sont visitables et pourtant elles n'ont pas eu un investissement de autant de millions que la citadelle de Charlemont il y a également un mon client d'entretien au niveau des bastions au niveau des fossés j'ai franchement envie de prendre ma débroussailleuse d'aller les débroussailler pour que les visiteurs aient quelque chose à voir ce n'est pas un lieu touristique c'est juste un beau point de vue je trouve que l'endroit pourrait être mis beaucoup plus en valeur avec une équipe de bénévoles qui serait prêt à s'y investir

Vous revenez également sur l'aspect annuel de festivités sur les lieux je n'en vois pas beaucoup je suis souvent j'y vais et hormis Halloween l'année passée pour les enfants je n'y ai pas vu grand-chose et intérêt d'airsoft qui tombe en décrépitude parce que il y a quasiment jamais personne

Je reviens sur ma mon opinion précédente une équipe de bénévoles encadré dans une asbl serait beaucoup plus efficace que ce qui se passe pour le moment preuve à ce jour j'y suis passé rien du tout désert simplement le petit bar restaurant ouvert « on peut appeler ça ouvert parce que rien de mise en valeur et des étudiants qui jouent avec une trottinette aujourd'hui sur le terrain à la...

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Nguyen NguyenNguyen Nguyen
The fort is pretty cool to see. It’s a ghost town with old, abandoned buildings. When you park, to the right of the parking lot is a gorgeous view of the river. It was confusing on where anything was since there were no signs or people. We were there on a Saturday afternoon and there wasn’t a soul in sight. We just walked around and explored. There was a lady in a small shack towards the end of the row of old buildings but we didn’t venture all the way out there. We didn’t have to pay anything to walk around since there was no staff around. There is a small snack shop right when you cross the entrance bridge but you can’t park there unless you have a handicap sticker so you have to walk all the way there and back to the parking lot. It was too tiring in the hot sun or we would’ve gotten an ice cream or souvenir. I do not recommend walking up to the fort from town since it’s all uphill and quite a ways from the street.
Marek SopkoMarek Sopko
this is definitely the biggest fortress I have ever seen, you can park right in the areal, but we parked under the hill and walked up the road, first part of the fort is free, second is paid, you can buy tickets either right after the entrance in the small restaurant, or further on at the entrance to the paid part, staff is English speaking and very kind, there were military barracks in the area that resemble more modern buildings, the rest is from a historic era, as far as exhibits are concerned, there is nothing there except a small room with some exponats behind the bar, but the area is huge, there are many viewing points, beautiful nature, interesting underground rooms breathing history, even also a children's playground, toilets, refreshment, souvenirs available, we spent almost 2 hours there, it was a great trip, I recommend it
TanyaTanya
This is the great place to spend a few hours. The fort is huge, you can drive with your car inside it. There were very few visitors on Sunday in July, so the place is very quite. If you bring your staff, you can enjoy a picknik between ruines absorbing 500 years of history. I found it very peaceful there and wanted to stay longer. The view is breathtakung.
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The fort is pretty cool to see. It’s a ghost town with old, abandoned buildings. When you park, to the right of the parking lot is a gorgeous view of the river. It was confusing on where anything was since there were no signs or people. We were there on a Saturday afternoon and there wasn’t a soul in sight. We just walked around and explored. There was a lady in a small shack towards the end of the row of old buildings but we didn’t venture all the way out there. We didn’t have to pay anything to walk around since there was no staff around. There is a small snack shop right when you cross the entrance bridge but you can’t park there unless you have a handicap sticker so you have to walk all the way there and back to the parking lot. It was too tiring in the hot sun or we would’ve gotten an ice cream or souvenir. I do not recommend walking up to the fort from town since it’s all uphill and quite a ways from the street.
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this is definitely the biggest fortress I have ever seen, you can park right in the areal, but we parked under the hill and walked up the road, first part of the fort is free, second is paid, you can buy tickets either right after the entrance in the small restaurant, or further on at the entrance to the paid part, staff is English speaking and very kind, there were military barracks in the area that resemble more modern buildings, the rest is from a historic era, as far as exhibits are concerned, there is nothing there except a small room with some exponats behind the bar, but the area is huge, there are many viewing points, beautiful nature, interesting underground rooms breathing history, even also a children's playground, toilets, refreshment, souvenirs available, we spent almost 2 hours there, it was a great trip, I recommend it
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This is the great place to spend a few hours. The fort is huge, you can drive with your car inside it. There were very few visitors on Sunday in July, so the place is very quite. If you bring your staff, you can enjoy a picknik between ruines absorbing 500 years of history. I found it very peaceful there and wanted to stay longer. The view is breathtakung.
Tanya

Tanya

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