Redoute de Gravelle

The redoute de Gravelle (Gravelle redoubt) is a fort in Joinville-le-Pont, situated to the south-east of Vincennes in Paris. Built in 1846 under Louis-Philippe,[1] from 1968 it housed the École nationale de police de Paris (ENPP),[2] before becoming an illegal immigrants detention centre. Its south face is decorated with Auguste Arnaud's statue of a skirmisher, formerly placed next to one of a zouave on the old pont de l'Alma, but moved to its present position after the construction of the A4 autoroute in 1973. The statue is visible from the A4.[3]

References

  1. ^ Riousset, Michel (1986). Les environs de la Marne et leurs peintres: promenade historique et artistique dans Vincennes, Saint-Mandé, Charenton-le-Pont ... (in French). Editions Amatteis. ISBN 978-2-86849-032-2.
  2. ^ Carrot, Georges (1 January 1992). Histoire de la police française : des origines à nos jours (in French). FeniXX. p. 148. ISBN 978-2-402-51114-8.
  3. ^ L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux (in French). 1991.

48°49′8″N 2°27′16″E / 48.81889°N 2.45444°E / 48.81889; 2.45444

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