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Fort fleur d’épée

Address: 
Bas-du-Fort
97190 Le Gosier
Guadeloupe
Telephone: 
International: +590 5 90 90 94 61 (landline); National: 05 90 90 94 61 (landline)
Site overview: 
The Fort Fleur d’Epée was built by Vauban, and is the largest fortification of Grande Terre in Guadeloupe. The fort was built between 1750 and 1763, and witnessed the fights between the French and the English in the eighteenth century.
Keywords: 
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupean identity
Memories of slavery