Fort de Caluire

Fort de Caluire was an old fortification situated in Caluire-et-Cuire. Now demolished, it was part of the first belt of forts protecting Lyon.

Fort de Caluire
Caluire-et-Cuire
Entrance of fort
Fort de Caluire
Coordinates45.793°N 4.837°E / 45.793; 4.837
TypeFort
Site history
Built1831 (1831)
ArchitectHubert Rohault de Fleury (soldier)
In use1933 (1933)

History
Fronton at the entrance of the Mushroom Farm

Built in 1831, it was connected to the Fort de Montessuy by a long chamber, from which it defended the approaches to the Croix-Rousse along the road from the Dombes.

Placed on the slope of the Saône it defended the river, along with Fort de Loyasse, Fort Duchère and Fort Saint-Jean. It was square, with a bastion at each corner.

In the 1860s a mushroom farm operated in the underground enclosure connecting the two forts, with the old bastions repurposed into underground grow-rooms.[1] T

Today

The fort was demolished in 1933 to make way for the construction of the current Henri Cochet stadium. A few clues remain as to its location such as the present street known as the montée (rise or climb) des Forts; the entrance to fort de Caluire was at the current intersection of montée des Forts and avenue Paul Doumer.

  • Wagon from the mushroom farm
  • Street sign
  • traces of the fort
  • fort ruins
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See also

References
  1. Association OCRA-LYON, ed. (7 November 2009), Visite de l'ancienne champignonnière de Caluire-et-Cuire (PDF) (in French), Lyon, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2011, retrieved 28 July 2012.

Bibliography
  • Dallemagne, François; Georges Fessy (2006). Les défenses de Lyon: enceintes et fortifications (in French). Lyon: Éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire. pp. 124–126. ISBN 2-84147-177-2.


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