Built by CORF | In use Abandoned | |
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Materials Concrete, steel, rock excavation Similar Ouvrage Col de Restefond, Ouvrage La Moutière, Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut, Ouvrage Col du Granon, Ouvrage Rimplas |
Ouvrage Restefond is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one artillery block and three observation blocks at the summit of the Col de la Bonnette. The entry block and an artillery block were not completed, and a further block was never built. At 2,733 metres (8,967 ft), Restefond is the highest Maginot ouvrage.
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Description
Restefond includes 668 meters of underground galleries at a depth of 64 meters. The position remains the property of the French military, with much of its equipment intact. Some of the uninstalled equiopment remains at the Restefond barracks nearby.
1940
See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.Block 6 fired on Italian forces in June 1940 as they advanced toward the Col des Fourches.
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