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Fort Mont-Valérien

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fortress in suresnes a western paris suburb”. Today it says “fortress in suresnes”.
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Fortress in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France Fort Mont-Valérien entrance Fort Mont-Valérien ( French : Forteresse du Mont-Valérien ) is a fortress in Suresnes , a western Paris suburb, built in 1841 as part of the city's ring of modern fortifications. It overlooks the Bois de Boulogne .

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Then

fortress in suresnes a western paris suburb

Now

fortress in suresnes

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