Fort de la Tête de Chien

En un regard

Le château en bref

Fort de la Tête de Chien, also known as Fort Masséna from 1886, is a fortified work of the stronghold of Nice, built between 1879 and 1883 in the commune of La Turbie (Alpes-Maritimes). Designed from 1877–1878 by the military engineer Boilvin, it was built by Charles Trotobas, a contractor from Sospel. An armoured casemate in chilled cast iron was added as early as 1879, and an underground powder magazine was dug in 1888–1889 in response to the evolving threat of artillery. The work has a hexagonal enclosure, with rock-cut ditches on the northern and western fronts and a pentagonal caponier providing flanking fire. The entrance building has two levels served by a spiral staircase, together with a three-bay barracks on two floors and various logistical buildings, built of dressed stone and rubble masonry. After 1918, the building served as barracks and a depot; it saw fighting in 1944 and housed a telecommunications research centre in the 1950s. Publicly owned, the work is now disused.