Fortress
Fort Teremba
🇫🇷 France · 19th century
Fort Teremba is a former fort and a prison located near Moindou in New Caledonia, which came to be set up to house prisoners and the supervisory staff. The prisoners were brought to build road network Canala-Bourail-Boulouparis. It overlooks Teremba Bay (Uarai Bay), opposite the mouth of the La Foa River, 124 kilometres north of Noumea.
The fort was further strengthened following 1878 Kanak revolt, when they had besieged the prison. The fort was closed in 1898.
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Fort Teremba ranks #3,579 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #278 of the 351 mapped in France. Founded 1871, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 336 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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