Military Strongholds: Megastructures of Genius

Film

Military Strongholds: Megastructures of Genius

10.0202152mTPDocumentary
France
Age rating
TP
Director
Aurélie Saillard
Year
2021

In the heart of central Europe are some of the world’s most impenetrable military strongholds. In France, 160 megastructure fortresses still line the country’s borders 3 centuries after they were constructed. As solid as ever, how did they withstand attack after attack? Was the secret in their materials? Their shape? In fact, the strength and resilience of these megastructures is due to the genius of one man: Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban.