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The Fort de la Turra, on the Mont-Cenis plateau (commune of Val-Cenis, Savoie), was built between 1893 and 1900 to guard the frontier against the Italian forts of Pattacreuse, Ronce and Malamot. It is the only fort France erected on the plateau. Long manned by civilians after the easing of tensions, it was reoccupied by the army around the mid-1920s, then attacked by the Italian army in June 1940, attacks which the French garrison repelled; it left the site with full honours on 1 July 1940. The site, no longer military today, is a hiking destination offering a view over Lac du Mont-Cenis; the fort itself is not open to visitors.