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Vauban

American  
[voh-bahn] / voʊˈbɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Sébastien le Prestre de 1633–1707, French military engineer and marshal.


Vauban British  
/ vobɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Sébastien Le Prestre de (sebastjɛ̃ lə prɛtrə də). 1633–1707, French military engineer and marshal, who greatly developed the science of fortification and devised novel siege tactics using a series of parallel trenches

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From Marshal Vauban, whose belt of fortified cities protected Louis XIV’s France, to Baron Haussmann, who created boulevard-lined Paris for Napoleon III, the French have always shown administrative genius in their national building campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

The first event is planned for Place Vauban close to the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

A few blocks away, tension was palpable on the Place Vauban, near the National Assembly, where hundreds of mostly young protesters had gathered.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

Steeped in absurdist ideas, the existentialist comedy presents the actress as Caterine Vauban, a sort of antagonist whose nihilistic views on life go against widespread optimism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2021

Louis and Vauban invested Namur on the 26th of May.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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