About this picture: Fort-Liberte, one of the oldest cities in the country, was founded in 1578.
The French-designed town of Fort-Liberte faces a bay where one can reach many forts by boat, the most famous being Fort-Dauphin, which was built in 1732.
There are two other forts overlooking the bay - Fort-Lachatre and Labouc or Fort-Labourque.
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