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Swedish battery of Fort Gustav III

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Swedish battery of Fort Gustav III
Swedish battery of Fort Gustav III. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Swedish battery of Fort Gustav III (French: Batterie suédoise du fort Gustav III) (also Fort Gustav or Fort Gustave) is a historic military battery built in 1787. It is located in Gustavia on the island of Saint Barthélemy, a dependency of France in the Caribbean. The remains of Fort Gustav are registered on the French national list of historic monuments.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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