 Although not completed in full, the citadel perched high above the town was strengthened, particularly on the more accessible side closest to the hilltops, and a protected walkway constructed up the side of the mountain from the town.Two small forts were provided to protect the town, and its two main gates - now called the "Porte d'Italie" and the "Porte de France" - strengthened.Entrevaux was briefly besieged in June 1707 by the royalist Savoyards under Chevalier Blaignac, but resisted and was relieved by the French forces.