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Fort Bard

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Aquest és el Fort Bard, un dels més impressionants dels que controlen els passos alpins cap al Piamont. En aquest cas, controla la ruta de la Vall d'Aosta i el riu Dora Baltea just en una gorja del riu.

 

Ja hi havia ruines de fortificacions dels segles V i X, però no fou fins al 1661 en que la casa de Savoia inicià la construcció d'un fort d'artilleria modern. Aquest fort tingué el seu moment de gloria el 1800, quan barrà el pas ni més ni menys que a Napoleó Bonaparte, aleshores encara Consul. Després de creuar els Alps, el seu exercit es va veure blocat durant dues setmanes pel Fort Bard, posant en perill la seva campanya contra el exèrcit austriac (al que finalment vencé amb dificultats a la batalla de Marengo). Enfurismat per la resistencia de Bard, Napoleó ordenà la seva destrucció.

 

No fou fins el 1827 en que el regne de Sardenya inicià la reconstrucció del fort, molt més gran que com era abans, en la forma que en queda actualment.

 

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This is Fort Bard, one of the most impressive of those that control the Alpine passes to Piedmont. In this case, it controls the Aosta Valley route and the Dora Baltea river right in a river gorge.

 

There were already ruins of fortifications from the 5th and 10th centuries, but it was not until 1661 that the House of Savoy began the construction of a modern artillery fort. This fort had its moment of glory in 1800, when it blocked the passage of none other than Napoleon Bonaparte, then still French First Consul. After crossing the Alps, his army was blocked for two weeks by Fort Bard, jeopardizing his campaign against the Austrian army (which he eventually defeated with difficulty at the Battle of Marengo). Enraged by Bard's resistance, Napoleon ordered it's destruction.

 

It wasn't until 1827 that the kingdom of Sardinia started the reconstruction of the fort, much bigger than it was before, in the form that remains today.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bard

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Bard

 

 

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