Fort de la Marguerie

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Le château en bref

Fort de la Marguerie, or Fort Margheria, is an Italian military work built in 1883 for the defence of the Col de Tende, in the Alpes-Maritimes, on the Franco-Italian border. The works were awarded on 10 July 1883 to the contractor Giuseppe Maggia for a sum of 493,000 lire, as part of an Italian-style protective battery designed between 1877 and 1880. Set at an altitude of about 1,849 metres, the fort extends over a depth of about 100 metres and has four straight fronts lined by a ditch, with low-scarp ramparts and an earthen parapet. It includes vaulted casemates, an entrance gate on the north front preceded by a bridge, and a 150 m³ cistern. Its construction combines granite, limestone and schist rubble stone with renders, brick window and door surrounds and cobbled (calade) floors. A telephone and telegraph link connected it to the other works of the system from July 1893. The building was disarmed during the First World War. Now in poor condition, it is listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage under the name "batterie dite fort Margheria ou fort de la Marguerie".