Fort Fleur-d'Epée

Le Gosier, FR

Fort Fleur d'épée is a fortification in Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe. It was built between 1750 and 1763 by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban above the town of Le Gosier. It is the site of multiple historic battles, including the successful overtake by French battalion under Victor Hugues, which expelled t

he British from Guadeloupe. The fort was classified as a French historic monument in 1979.

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