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Le château en bref
The Ouvrage Saint-Ours Haut is a fortification of the Alpine Maginot Line, in the Ubaye Valley. It covers the Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix and blocks the road to the Larche Pass. Dug into the rock and built of reinforced concrete and steel, it is almost entirely underground: only the combat blocks, with their embrasures and armoured cloches, are visible. Galleries house barracks, stores and an electricity plant. During the Italian offensive of June 1940, it and the neighbouring work held the Italian troops on the frontier ridge, inflicting heavy losses on them. It is presented as the most important Maginot work in the valley that was actually completed.