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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. NORMANDY. MANCHE (50) VIEW OF THE VAUBAN TOWER AND THE PENINSULA OF SAINT VAAST-LA-HOUGUE, COASTAL OBSERVATORY. AFTER THE DISASTER AT LA HOUGUE IN 1692, WHICH LED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF TWELVE VESSELS BY THE ENGLISH ON FIRE IN FRONT OF TATIHOU, THE ENGINEER DESCOMBES BUILT TWO TOWERS UNDER THE ORDERS OF VAUBAN, ONE ON THE SAINT-VAAST PENINSULA AND THE ANOTHER ON THE ISLAND OF TATIHOU, ACCESSIBLE AT LOW TIDE. USED BOTH FOR OBSERVATION AND FOR SHOOTING AT SEA, THESE TWO TRUNCATED CONICAL TOWERS 20 M HIGH, Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM