Neuf-Brisach

About this audio guide

This guide to the star-shaped fortress town of Neuf-Brisach, near Colmar, follows the military engineer Vauban in sixteen ninety-eight, ordered to replace a fortress France had just lost across the Rhine. You will hear about the design he brought to Louis the Fourteenth, the checkerboard town he laid out around its central square, and the years of royal disfavor that followed him. Best heard standing at the central square, looking down the streets he planned.