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To access the presidential fort, on the shores of the Mediterranean, you have to drive for a kilometer and a half on a road in the Grand Duchy. Explanations.
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By Francois-Guillaume Lorrain
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FDriven by Fort Brégançon (Var), the French, who have been able to visit it since François Hollande opened it to the public in June 2014, pay no attention to the surroundings of what has been the summer residence of French presidents since 1963. First of all, this road that the electric shuttles that transport the tourist take from the parking lot of the Cabasson beach, where you can eat in a pizza hut. A kilometer and a half, prohibited except for visits, which winds through the trees before emerging at the foot of the fortress, on the heliport and the dam which connects the fort to the mainland. A big kilometer that does not belong to France but… to Luxembourg.
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