Cambrai heritage sign titled La porte de Paris with engraving an…

Cambrai M i i ' .LA PORTE DE PARIS, ANCIENNE FORTE SAINT S EPULGRE - i ,. lv_4x&-} ' a la n du XIVe sicle, elle constitue jusquau 'lmoin des remparts rigs dmantlement des fortications i1 partir de 1892, 16 lieu de passage oblig vers le sud de la Ville. Cet endroit stratgique doit tre invulnrable en cas de siege. Les archres des tours, le pontlevis, la herse, les assommoirs percs dans la vote et la vaste salle de garde a ltage assurent la defense de la porte lors des tsfsfsssztfmtisxxgizzaitifwm Representation ofPorlc Saint-Spulcre. brai Media Library, Ren Faillcs Collection. Jim-V ll 11 rsiennc, 835. Revue Cambrsimmc, 1835.01": PORTE DE PARIS, FORMER PORTE SAINT-SEPULCRE The gate is the only remaining element of the ramparts, built at the end of the 14th Century and demolished from 1892 onwards. It used to be the unique access to South and was strategically built to prevent any invasion. The gate was protected by the tower archers, the drawbridge, the portcullis and vast guard hall situated at the upper level. assauts.