A defensive outwork and barracks attached to the Forte di Exilles, in the upper Susa Valley. This is a modern-period fortress, part of a system of strongholds that controlled the Alpine passes between Italy and France. Such structures typically combined thick stone walls with carefully planned firing positions.
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