Fortress
Fort Delgrès
🇫🇷 France · 17th century
Fort Delgrès (or Fort Louis Delgrès; formerly Fort Saint-Charles) is a French fort overlooking the town of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe. It was a key site in the Franco-British struggle in the Caribbean, and later in the resistance of the Guadeloupeans led by the Louis Delgrès, who opposed the re-establishment of slavery entrusted to Antoine Richepanse by Napoleon I. The fort was classified as an official French historical monument by decree in 1977.
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Fort Delgrès ranks #4,508 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #355 of the 525 mapped in France. Founded 1649, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fort Delgrès?
Fort Delgrès stands in France, at 15.9886°, -61.7231°.
When was Fort Delgrès built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1649. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort Delgrès?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,508 of 8,134 worldwide, and #355 in France. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort Delgrès?
Fort Berkeley, about 113 km away.
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