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Fort Carré

Antibes, France · built 1553

See Stade du Fort Carré for the sports stadium. Fort Carré, often called the Fort Carré d'Antibes, is a 16th-century star-shaped fort of four arrow-head shaped bastions that stands on a 26-meter high promontory in Antibes, France. Henry II ordered construction of the fort in the 16th century at a time when Antibes was situated on a tense border with the Duchy of Savoy. During the 17th century, the Marquis de Vauban redeveloped it. The Fort was decommissioned in the early 20th century.

Fort data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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