• Director(s):

    DELOGET (Delphine)

  • Producer(s):

    SYSTEM TV, ARTE FRANCE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2012

  • Language(s):

    German, English, Spanish, French, Polish

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

With its remarkable fortifications, the village of Neuf-Brisach is regarded as the masterpiece of the architect Vauban, who devised a defensive system called « the third system ». The site is unique anywhere in Europe, and was categorised as a Unesco Heritage site in 2008.

Neuf-Brisach’s particular architecture stems from its geographical position just a few kilometres from the German border. More than 250 metres high, the pink sandstone fortifications form a 16-point star. A few years ago, as he was cataloguing the local flora and fauna within the 300-year-old walls, Reinhold Treiber discovered a veritable ecological treasure…