Fort de Montessuy
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| Fort de Montessuy | |
|---|---|
| Part of first belt of Lyon | |
| Caluire-et-Cuire Near Caluire-et-Cuire/Greater Lyon/France | |
 fort entrance | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Fort |
| Owner | Caluire-et-Cuire |
| Controlled by | France |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 45°47′31″N 4°50′51″E / 45.791886°N 4.847544°E |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1831 |
| Architect | Hubert Rohault de Fleury |
The Fort de Montessuy is a fort in the first belt of fortifications in Lyon, located in the neighborhood of Montessuy in Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhône, France.
Built in 1831, it was linked to Fort de Caluire, its less imposing twin, by an enclosure aligned with île Barbe, protecting Lyon and particularly Croix-Rousse from invaders coming up the road from the Dombes.
From the north bank of the Rhône, it defended the river and the Fort des Brotteaux.
North was considered dangerous, so a large ravelin was built before the fort in this direction, as well as a lunette further out.
When the Germans were leaving Caluire-et-Cuire on 24 August 1944, two children, Jean Turba (1930 - 1944) and Bernadette Choux (1931 - 1944) watched their departure through field-glasses from the fort de Montessuy; soldiers still posted across the Rhône fired on them with machine guns, killing them both. A street in Montessuy was named after the children (allée Turba-et-Choux). On the wall of the école d'Application Jean-Jaurès de Caluire (a public grade school on the place Jules-Ferry opened on October 1, 1933),[1] a plaque commemorates Jean Turba and two 1944 other victims of the Nazis, also former students at the school.[2]
Scarp tops
Barracks
