Fort de l'Est 1
Walking Tour
Fort de l'Est 2
Fort de l'Est 3
Fort de l'Est 4

Fort de l'Est

Opens Monday at 7:45 AM

Saint-Denis

More activities in Paris
☢️Uranium contamination still present
💣Site of France's first atomic bomb detonator
⚠️Experienced explorers only — highly dangerous

This abandoned 19th-century fort once defended Paris from Prussian attack, then became a secret atomic research lab where France's first nuclear bomb detonator was developed. Today it sits contaminated with uranium across 50 hectares of crumbling military ruins: a genuinely dangerous playground for experienced urban explorers only.

abandoned military fort
radioactive contamination
urban exploration
19th century architecture