France · 17th century
Fort Paté ranks #4,999 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #428 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1693, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Paté is a round, tower-like Vauban fort on Paté Island in the Gironde estuary, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It, with its twin Fort Médoc on the mainland and the citadel of Blaye, protected Bordeaux from attack by sea. With them, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008 as one of the fortifications of Vauban, bearing witness to the importance of Vauban's work in the history and of military architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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