{"id":1507,"date":"2014-01-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:18:23","slug":"luxembourg-la-forteresse-2014-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/luxembourg-la-forteresse-2014-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxembourg, la forteresse (2014-2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tout commence sur un \u00e9peron rocheux, le Bock. En 963, le comte Sigefroi y acquiert un petit ch\u00e2teau, <em>Lucilinburhuc<\/em>, qui donnera son nom au pays. Pendant huit si\u00e8cles, Bourguignons, Espagnols, Fran\u00e7ais, Autrichiens et Prussiens vont fortifier le rocher, au point d&#8217;en faire la \u00ab Gibraltar du Nord \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1389536038.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1389536038.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1389536038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1389536038-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1389536038-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1389536038-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1389536038-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le rocher du Bock et les vestiges des fortifications (janvier 2014).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vauban prend la ville en 1684 et la renforce. Au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, les Autrichiens ajoutent le fort Th\u00fcngen, dont les trois tours rondes surmont\u00e9es de glands ont donn\u00e9 son surnom luxembourgeois : <em>Dr\u00e4i Eechelen<\/em>. Il abrite aujourd&#8217;hui le mus\u00e9e de la forteresse, \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 du Mudam. Une maquette de bronze montre l&#8217;enceinte telle qu&#8217;elle \u00e9tait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1398613272.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1398613272.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1398613272-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1398613272-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1398613272-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fb-1398613272-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le fort Th\u00fcngen et la maquette de la forteresse (avril 2014).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le trait\u00e9 de Londres de 1867 neutralise le Luxembourg et impose le d\u00e9mant\u00e8lement : il faudra seize ans pour raser l&#8217;essentiel des ouvrages. Restent les casemates creus\u00e9es dans le rocher, les remparts de la Corniche et les ponts du Grund, inscrits au patrimoine mondial de l&#8217;Unesco en 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 720;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18083294893196884.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le d\u00e9versoir de l&#8217;Alzette au pied des remparts, pendant le confinement (avril 2020).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1593\" src=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992-1536x1529.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ig-17899351444466992-271x270.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">La ville haute \u00e0 travers une arche de la fortification (avril 2020).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voir aussi : <a href=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/2024\/04\/02\/pourquoi-le-luxembourg-existe-t-il\/\">Pourquoi le Luxembourg existe-t-il ?<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photos : Yves Leblond, publi\u00e9es sur Facebook et Instagram (janvier 2014 \u00e0 avril 2020).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tout commence sur un \u00e9peron rocheux, le Bock. En 963, le comte Sigefroi y acquiert un petit ch\u00e2teau, Lucilinburhuc, qui donnera son nom au pays. Pendant huit si\u00e8cles, Bourguignons, Espagnols, Fran\u00e7ais, Autrichiens et Prussiens vont fortifier le rocher, au point d&#8217;en faire la \u00ab Gibraltar du Nord \u00bb. Vauban prend la ville en 1684 et la renforce. Au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, les Autrichiens ajoutent le fort Th\u00fcngen, dont les trois tours rondes surmont\u00e9es de glands ont donn\u00e9 son surnom luxembourgeois :&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/luxembourg-la-forteresse-2014-2020\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,305,306,394],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-histoire","category-histoire-luxembourg","category-instantanes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}