France · 16th century
See Stade du Fort Carré for the sports stadium.
Fort Carré, often called the Fort Carré d'Antibes, is a 16th-century star-shaped fort of four arrow-head shaped bastions that stands on a 26-meter high promontory in Antibes, France. Henry II ordered construction of the fort in the 16th century at a time when Antibes was situated on a tense border with the Duchy of Savoy. During the 17th century, the Marquis de Vauban redeveloped it. The Fort was decommissioned in the early 20th century.
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Fort Carré ranks #2,297 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #176 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1553, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,763 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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