ITT: cool historical constructions that were never useful

>>2837808
>great tv set
>not useful
Fort Boyard paid for itself many times.

>>2837808
Some nigga hasn't been watching Fort Boyard has he now?

>>2837920
>>2837884
Obviously I meant for original purpose. Duh.
Yes, you can turn anything into a tourist atraction or a set piece nowadays, everyone knows that.

>>2837920
>>2837884
>The construction of the project took a complicated course and somehow the building was finished when it wasn’t needed anymore.
>In 1692 the French engineer Descombs planned to complete a line of defense along with Fort Enet et Fort de la Rade on Île-d’Aix with the construction of a new fort. The goal was to protect the arsenal of Rochefort from the Royal Navy incursions. This first scheme was soon abandoned due to its high costs. After a British raid on Île-d’Aix took place in 1757, plans for a fort on the Boyard bank were once again considered and then again abandoned. Under Napoleone Bonaparte, in 1800, the first section of the building finally started with the construction of a plateau to act as foundation on a submerged rocky and sandy bank. Suspended again in 1809, the construction resumed in 1837 under Louis-Philippe. The fort was completed, with incredible economic and technical efforts, in 1857, with a capacity for 74 cannons and 260 people. By the time the construction was achieved, the range of cannons had significantly improved, making the fort useless. An attempt to convert the function of Fort Boyard was made after 1871 when it was briefly used as a military prison, before being abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century.

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>>2837808
Never specified the type of construction.
Mas 36 main rifle used by the French in WWII

>>2838530
>Never specified the type of construction.
intentionally.

>>2837985
It's now a tv show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_WugNBxys

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>>2837818
>ayyyyy lmao
das raciss

>>2839351
>6:50 Roselyne Bachelot
>this woman was the french minister of health