Demolition of Saint-Nazaire bunker on its way

In Saint-Nazaire the bunker of the Marine Flak Abteilung 820 still resists the demolition hammer. It will be destroyed in the end, but it’s stronger than expected. It is huge too. 1500 m2, with walls 2 meters thick. The demolition started in june 2016 and should finish before 1 September, when then school next to […]

Posted on August 25, 2016 at 12:15 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · One Comment
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Allen Gewalten zum Trotz sich erhalten

Two years ago I’ve posted about the Fl 250 anti-aircraft headquarters in Saint-Marc near Saint-Nazaire. Back then more than 400 letters from all over Europe ended up at the office of the Service Territorial d’Architecture et du Patrimoine. However, there was no reaction to any of these letters, although they were surprised by the big […]

Posted on September 4, 2013 at 8:36 am by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Save the tower of Saint-Marc, send this letter

The city of Saint-Nazaire is known for its ignorance towards World War 2 heritage, destroying many unique bunkers and truncate the U-Boot bunker. But all of this would be peanuts compared to the plans to destroy the Marineflak headquarters at Saint-Marc. The bunker, a huge and very rare Fl 250, consists of a big bunker […]

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 […]

Posted on August 17, 2010 at 3:27 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Treppenscharte

Tomorrow an inside view..

Posted on July 20, 2010 at 12:00 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Bunkersite.com update: Saint-Nazaire

Some first photo updates on the Saint-Nazaire region. For now, new pictures of Condé, Le Pointeau and the U-Boot bunker. Bunkersite.com update

Posted on July 9, 2010 at 5:52 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · 4 Comments
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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 […]

Posted on July 9, 2010 at 3:38 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Bunker partly destroyed in St Nazaire

Last november, a bunker for machine gun (type 634) was demolished in the French city and former Festung St Nazaire. After the war the Sechsschartenturm was scrapped but the bunker of Stützpunkt Nz 313 was left in place. Due to new housing developments the bunker had to be broken down. The works took 2 weeks and […]

Posted on December 3, 2009 at 10:59 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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