France · 17th century
Fort Delgrès ranks #4,569 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #382 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1649, it is older than 26% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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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