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The Fort de Condé or Fort Pille is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system built in France between 1877 and 1883 to defend the area between Soissons and Laon. It is located on the heights of the confluence of the Aisne and the Vesle near the communes of Condé-sur-Aisne and Chivres-Val. Although the fort was considered obsolete at the start of World War I its command of strategic ground made it a coveted objective throughout the war changing hands several times.