Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas, Meyronnes

Name: Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas
Address: Meyronnes, France

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Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas is a lesser work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block. The location is unusual in lacking the underground galleries typical of a Maginot fortification, making it more like a blockhouse than an ouvrage. It was armed with two machine gun cloches and three heavy twin machine guns and six light machine gun embrasures. The interior is laid out on two levels. ()

Local name: Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas Coordinates: 44°28'17"N, 6°48'32"E

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Meyronnes France

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Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort de Tournoux, Aiguille de Chambeyron, Brec de Chambeyron, Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix.

2.7 miW
Forts and castles
Fort de Tournoux
70 min walk • The Fort de Tournoux is a fortification complex in the Ubaye Valley in the French Alps. It was built between 1843 and the early 20th century to defend France against invasion from Italy and Savoy.
5.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Aiguille de Chambeyron
148 min walk • Aiguille de Chambeyron is a mountain of the Cottian Alps and is the highest mountain of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southeast France. Together with its neighbour Brec de Chambeyron, it is the dominant peak of the upper Ubaye Valley. The mountain is located near the border with Italy, just west of the Main chain of the Alps.
4.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Brec de Chambeyron
115 min walk • Brec de Chambeyron is a mountain of the Cottian Alps on the border between France and Italy. It is the second highest summit of the Chambeyron Massif, after Aiguille de Chambeyron and its sharp, rocky peak dominates the Upper Ubaye Valley.
0.6 miSW
Museum
Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix
17 min walk • Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix is a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line.
2.2 miE
Forts and castles
Fort de Viraysse
57 min walk • The Fort de Viraysse is a fortification complex in the Cottian Alps overlooking the Ubaye Valley. It was built between 1885 and 1888 to defend France against invasion from Italy.
0.6 miNE
Museum
Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut
15 min walk • Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut is a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line.
5.1 miSW
Church
Église Saint-Nicolas-de-Myre, Jausiers
131 min walk • The Saint-Nicolas-de-Myre church is a Catholic church located in Jausiers, France. The church is baroque, counter-reformation style, more classical and less theatrical than in Italy, Austria, and Spain.
3 miW
Forts and castles
Redoute de Berwick
77 min walk • The Berwick redoubt is a redoubt located in Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, France, named after Marshal de Berwick.
2.3 miSE
Memorial
War Memorial, Larche
60 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
4.3 miNW
Locality
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye
110 min walk • One of the main attractions in Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye is the historic Fort de Tournoux, a 19th-century military fort that offers panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. History buffs will be fascinated by the well-preserved fortifications and can...