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Walls of the citadel. The Citadelle was commissioned in 1805 by Henri Christophe and completed in 1820. The fortress was built as part of a system of fortifications designed to thwart potential foreign incursions; notably the French (Haiti was under French domination, the Haitians defeated them and built the fortress to prevent them seizing the country again; it turned out to be unnecessary ...
The United States built the current brick fort in 1822, just seven years after British forces invaded the New Orleans area from the sea, at the close of the War of 1812. It was named Fort Wood in 1827 renamed Fort Macomb in 1851, for General Alexander Macomb, former Chief of Engineers and the second Commanding General of the United States Army.
(Fort Bayougoula, Fort Iberville, Fort Louisiana) 1700 Phoenix, Plaquemines Parish Louisiana: Fort de Buade: 1683: St. Ignace Michigan: Fort Carillon: 1754–57: Ticonderoga New York: Fort Caroline: 1564: Jacksonville Florida: Fort de Cavagnal: 1744: Missouri River between Kansas City and Fort Leavenworth Kansas: Fort Charles: 1562: Beaufort ...
Fort de Rocher This page was last edited on 21 April 2024, at 17:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ... Category: Forts in Haiti.
Location in present-day Haiti Coordinates: 19°41′26″N 72°00′57″W / 19.69056°N 72.01583°W / 19.69056; -72 La Navidad ("The Nativity", i.e. Christmas) was a Spanish fort that Christopher Columbus and his crew established on the northwest coast of Hispaniola (near what is now Caracol , Nord-Est Department , Haiti ) in 1492 ...
The first small fort here was erected by the French in 1701, before the founding of the city of New Orleans, to protect the important trade route along Bayou St. John. After Louisiana passed to Spanish control, a larger brick fort was constructed at the site of the neglected old French fortification; this was known as San Juan del Bayou ...
The location became the historic site of Fort-Liberté as it was built in 1731 under the orders of Louis XV, King of France. Successive changes happened in the naming of the town reflecting the shift of power from Spanish to French colonization. The town was witness to the Haiti's first declaration of independence on November 29, 1803. [13]
These Haitian monuments date from the beginning of the 19th century, when Haiti proclaimed its independence. The Palace of Sans Souci, the buildings at Ramiers and, in particular, the Citadel serve as universal symbols of liberty, being the first monuments to be constructed by black slaves who had gained their freedom.