In the former powder magazine built at the end of the 17th century, the Powder Magazine Museum is located at the start of the path leading up to the citadel, accessible to all without effort.
The military history of Entrevaux, a stronghold redesigned and enlarged by Vauban during the reign of King Louis XIV is thus reconstructed in ten exhibition panels.
Situated on the border between France and the Duchy of Savoy, which would become the Kingdom of Italy, this fortress suffered the vicissitudes of war: victories, defeats, sieges, occupations and the servitude of a garrison town from the 15th to 19th centuries.
During the 1914-1918 war, the fort welcomed German officers who were prisoners.
This was its last military mission.
The museum of La Poudrière is today dedicated to the memory of the Barons of Glandèves, lords of Entrevaux, from a great family of Provençal nobility who gave France a large number of bishops, officers, admirals, parliamentarians and other high dignitaries.
Citadel and Powder Magazine Museum
Ascent of the orbital,
04320 Entrevaux
Phone : 04 93 05 46 73
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