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It is without doubt the emblematic jewel of the Pays Gabaye. The Citadel of Blaye, considered one of the finest examples of the military architecture of the Grand Si\u00e8cle, has proudly dominated the waters of the Gironde estuary for almost four hundred years: a monumental work by S\u00e9bastien Vauban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is without doubt the emblematic jewel of the Pays Gabaye. The Citadel of Blaye, considered one of the finest examples of the military architecture of the Grand Si\u00e8cle, proudly dominates the waters\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_et_pb_page_layout":"et_no_sidebar","_et_pb_show_title":"on","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guided-tour","category-history","category-walks"],"yoast_head":"\n
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