These
wall panels are the remains of the barracks used to house
the garrison (troop men, sub-major and artillery guard).
The
major and the governor lodged in the city.
They were made up of two adjoining buildings which consisted
of two levels consisting of four twelve-bed rooms.
Each
building could have housed 144 men (there were only two beds
for three men because of the guard towers). The citadel actually
housed a maximum of 120 men.
The
barracks in 1913
From 1716 to 1791, the War Invalids guarded the Fort.Those
most affected were welcomed in Paris at the Hotel des Invalides.Those
who could still hold a gun, the "service invalids",
were assigned to guard the royal palaces and fortresses of the
Country.
The
barracks were built with more fragile stones (the schists)
than those of the bastions and ramparts; So they quickly deteriorated
after the fort had been decommissioned, sold at auction in
1907 and then abandoned by its successive owners.