Ouvrage Saint-Gobain

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Ouvrage Saint-Gobain is a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block, one artillery block, one observation block and one combination block. Located in Modane, France, it is just across the valley of the Arc from Ouvrage Saint-Antoine and somewhat to the east of Ouvrage Sapey. ()

Local name: Ouvrage de Saint-Gobain Built: 1931 (93 years ago)Coordinates: 45°12'30"N, 6°40'55"E

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Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesFrance

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Ouvrage Saint-Gobain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Refuge de la Dent Parrachée, Pointe de Thorens, Maurienne, Pointe de l'Échelle.

4.6 miN
Alpine hut, Hiking
Refuge de la Dent Parrachée
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5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe de Thorens, Val Thorens
135 min walk • Pointe de Thorens is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,266 metres above sea level.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Maurienne, Modane
24 min walk • Maurienne is one of the provinces of Savoy, corresponding to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France. It is also the original name of the capital of the province, now Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe de l'Échelle
108 min walk • The Pointe de l'Échelle is a mountain in the Vanoise Massif in Savoie, France.
4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grand Roc
101 min walk • Grand Roc is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,316 m above sea level.
4.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Épaule du Bouchet
126 min walk • Épaule du Bouchet is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Vanoise Massif range. It has an elevation of 3,250 metres above sea level.
4.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Punta Bagnà
117 min walk • Punta Bagnà or Cime du Grand Vallon is a mountain of Savoie, France and of the Province of Turin, Italy. It lies in the Cottian Alps range. It has an elevation of 3,129 metres above sea level.
5.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe de Paumont
135 min walk • Pointe de Paumont or Cima del Vallone is a mountain of Savoie, France and of the Province of Turin, Italy. It lies in the Cottian Alps range. It has an elevation of 3,171 metres above sea level.
5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mont de Gébroulaz, Val Thorens
135 min walk • Mont de Gébroulaz is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,511 metres above sea level.
3.2 miNE
45°13'41"N • 6°44'30"E
L'Arche d'Oé, Aussois
82 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
2.6 miE
Military museum, History museum, Museum
Redoute Marie-Thérèse, Avrieux
67 min walk • The Barrière de l'Esseillon, or Esseillon forts, is a series of five fortifications located in France on the commune of Aussois and Avrieux in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region.