The historic fortress of Saint-Maurice is made up of three forts - Cindey, Scex (VS) and Dailly (VD) - built from the period of the First to the Second World War.

The Historical Fortress of Saint-Maurice is made up of three forts - Cindey, Scex (VS) and Dailly (VD) - built between the First and Second World Wars. These fortifications, of European strategic importance, offer the public a superb summary of nearly 500 years of evolution of fortification, culminating, with these historic forts, in the apogee of fortification in Switzerland. These military works sometimes allowed several hundred men to live up to three months in total autonomy. The visit allows you to discover the armament (7.5 cm and 10.5 cm cannons, 15 cm turret cannon, etc.), the living quarters of the garrison, the ammunition stores, as well as the history, sometimes tragic (the explosion of an ammunition store in 1946 caused the death of ten people), of these mythical underground galleries...


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