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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 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 ...
Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex. Fort St ...
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Fort Macomb is a 19th-century United States brick fort in Louisiana, on the western shore of Chef Menteur Pass. [1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally within the city limits of New Orleans , Louisiana .
Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles (64 km) up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans , between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War . [ 2 ]
The New Orleans metro area was struck by a strong tornado on this date in 2017, one of six tornadoes in southeast Louisiana. One was the area's strongest since the mid-20th century. On Today's ...
New Orleans: Commissioned during 1943, The USS Cabot (CVL-28/AVT-3) was an Independence-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. From 1967 to 1989, it was used by the Spanish navy as the Dédalo. A New Orleans–based museum foundation purchased the ship for restoration during 1990, but was unable to obtain sufficient funding.