Editing Grenoble (section)

===La Bastille===
The [[Bastille (Grenoble)|Bastille]], an ancient series of fortifications on the mountainside, overlooks Grenoble on the northern side and is visible from many points in the city. The Bastille is one of Grenoble's most visited tourist attractions and provides a good vantage point over both the town below and the surrounding mountains.

[[File:Seilbahn-Grenoble.JPG|thumb|left|"Les Bulles": the cable cars]]
The Bastille fort was begun in the [[Middle Ages]], and later centuries saw extensive additions, including a semi-underground defense network. The Bastille has been credited as the most extensive example of early 18th-century fortifications in all of France. It then held an important strategic point on the French [[Alps|Alpine]] frontier with the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bastille-grenoble.fr/english/fortifie_uk.htm |title=Bienvenue sur www.bastille-grenoble.com |publisher=Bastille-grenoble.fr |access-date=2014-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510104756/http://bastille-grenoble.fr/english/fortifie_uk.htm |archive-date=10 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The first cable transport system, installed on the Bastille in 1875, was built by the Porte de France Cement Company for freight. This cable transport system connected a quarry on Mount Jalla, just over the Bastille, and Grenoble. It was abandoned in the early 20th century.

Since 1934, the Bastille has been the destination of the "[[Grenoble-Bastille cable car]]". This system of mostly transparent egg-shaped [[Aerial tramway|cable cars]] known to locals as "Les Bulles" (the bubbles) provides the occupants with an excellent view over the [[Isère (river)|Isère]]. At the top are two restaurants and installed in the casemates of the fort itself since June 2006, the Bastille Art Centre allows visitors to see contemporary art exhibitions. There is also a small military museum on mountain troops (''Musée des troupes de montagne'') and, since 2000, a memorial to the mountain troops (''Mémorial national des troupes de montagne'') further along the road, on top of the hill.