Fort de la Forca

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Le château en bref

Fort de la Forca is a fortified work built between 1889 and 1891 according to the Séré de Rivières system, at the top of the southern slope of the Authion massif, at an altitude of about 2,078 metres, in the communes of Breil-sur-Roya and Moulinet (Alpes-Maritimes). Built of dressed stone with a concrete roof, its role was to watch over the Roya valley. The work comprises a central corridor serving the barrack rooms, two defensive casemates, an anti-tank ditch and counterscarp walls, as well as external barracks buildings; a defensive metal fence originally surrounded the whole. Incorporated into the fortified sector of the Alpes-Maritimes, the fort was the scene of fighting in April 1945: occupied by German troops, it was subjected to an artillery bombardment before being retaken by a French assault detachment. The facings and entrances still bear visible traces of this fighting. In 1957 the defensive fence was dismantled and sold as scrap. Now a partially collapsed ruin, the work remains accessible but poses dangers to visitors.