Demolition in Croisic
Sad news from the demolition front again. A very rare L 406 on the Croisic peninsula will be demolished or at least altered. In 2010 new houses already closed in but now the bunker has to disappear (completely or under a new house). The faith of the Vf bunkers around this one is unknown. A […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: "L 406", atlantikwall, atlantique, blockhaus, bretagne, bunker, croisic, demolition, luftwaffe, mur, sloop
The sound of a bunker
What does a bunker sound like when it’s being demolished? At Péristyle near Lorient Kriegsmarine shelters are being demolished to make place for a new residential area.
In: Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: atlantikwall, bretagne, bunker, demolished, demolishing, france, frankrijk, kriegsmarine, lorient, naval, navy, péristyle, sloop
Sperrfeuer
Sometimes you can still find nice details inside a rusty armoured turret. Although the two Sechsschartentürme of Pen-Bron (Bretagne, France) are not in the best shape, they are quite complete and show some of these details. Written on the ceiling in pencil are firing directions for both machine guns. Each Scharte has a number, in this […]
In: Photography · Tagged with: 20p7, bretagne, brittany, france, frankreich, pen bron, saint-nazaire
Turrets, towers and Tumulus in Saint-Nazaire
Bunkersite.com travelled to Saint-Nazaire; again. After visits by Lenco in 1999 and 2002 and some additions by Henk Adriaanse in 2005 I wanted to see this formidable Festung myself. We wanted to update the website with new pictures, but also add new finds. In ten years much has happened in the Saint-Nazaire region. Mainly due […]
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Cité d’Aleth
Cité d’Aleth, originally uploaded by Artz!.
In: Photography · Tagged with: 105, blindée, bretagne, church, cité, coupole, cupola, d'aleth, malo, saint, turret
A famous 4.7cm Festungspak 36 (t) gone..
Through the French Atlantikwall Forum I read the sad news that the very special 4.7cm Festungspak 36 (t) in a 612 at Kerbascuirl near Plouhinec (south of Bretagne) has disappeared. Although it was a miracle the gun was still there after so many years it’s still very disappointing. At the moment there’s no info on […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 621, bohumin, bretagne, brittany, festung, festungpak, kerbascuirl, lorient, plouhinec