seigneur de Vauban, later styling himself as the marquis de Vauban (baptised 15 May 1633 – 30 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban (French: [vobɑ̃])...
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Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban, King Louis XIV's military engineer. Port Vauban now serves as the home of the Yacht...
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The Fortifications of Vauban is a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the borders of France. They were...
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The Barrage Vauban, or Vauban Dam, is a bridge, weir and defensive work erected in the 17th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France...
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Vauban (German pronunciation: [voˈbãː]) is a neighbourhood (Stadtteil) to the south of the town centre in Freiburg, Germany. It was built as "a sustainable...
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Vauban may refer to: Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban, a French military engineer A list of Vauban's fortifications Vauban (train), an express...
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The Tour Vauban (Vauban Tower), initially known as the tour de Camaret, is an 18m-high polygonal defensive tower built to a plan by Vauban on the Sillon...
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Saint-Léger-Vauban (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leʒe vobɑ̃]) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. It...
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SS Vauban was a 1912 steam ocean liner operated by Lamport and Holt Line and used on its service between New York and the River Plate. She was named after...
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the name Vauban: French ironclad Vauban, lead ship of the Vauban-class ironclad launched in 1882 and stricken in 1905 French destroyer Vauban, a Guépard-class...
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