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Viollet-le-Duc
was at first commissioned to restore the Saint-Nazaire
Basilica in the city in 1844 , then, in 1850 to renovate
the entire citadel. He was to manage the site till his death in
1879. During the first ten years the work essentially consisted
of reinforcing the existing structures. The restoration work that
was to bear the stamp of Viollet-le-Duc was to start around 1860.
Basing himself on meticulous observation of all the vestiges, he
produced numerous sketches and plates and undertook to reconstruct
the fortress to be an ideal
example of the XIIIth Century.
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