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    Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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    Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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    Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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    Fort du Salbert, also known as Fort Lefebvre, was built between 1874 and 1877. It was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the...
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    Symphyotrichum patens (category Taxa named by William Aiton)
    botanist Jonas Carlsson Dryander and published by Scottish botanist William Aiton in 1789. It was transferred to the genus Symphyotrichum in 1995 by American...
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    Fort Souville, briefly called Fort Lemoine, was one of the forts of the Verdun Fortification District, situated in the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont...
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    Alnus rohlenae Vít, Douda, & Mandák Alnus rubra Bong. Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd. Alnus subcordata C.A.Mey. Alnus tenuifolia Nutt. Alnus trabeculosa...
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    tides, but could be artificially increased to almost 30 ft (9 m). William Aiton records in 1808 that the sole costs of the improvements to Dunure harbour...
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    The Fort d'Uxegney, or Fort Roussel, is part of the fortifications of Épinal. It was built near the village of Uxegney between 1882 and 1884, and was...
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    The Fort du Trou-d'Enfer, also known as the Réduit du Trou-d'Enfer, is one of the fortifications of Paris, It is located in Marly-le-Roi, in the departement...
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