Fort Paté
France /
Aquitaine /
Blaye /
World
/ France
/ Aquitaine
/ Blaye
France / World / Aquitaine / Gironde / Blaye / Blaye
fortification, Vauban, interesting place, UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed building / architectural heritage
Fort Pate forms with Fort Médoc and the citadel of Blaye the defensive triptych set up by Vauban on the Gironde estuary in order to protect Bordeaux and its port. It had been achieved in 1693.
Wikipedia article: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Paté
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°7'3"N -0°40'42"E
- Pons 55 km
- Cognac 71 km
- Ile d'Aix 109 km
- Oléron 119 km
- La Rochelle 127 km
- Île de Ré 144 km
- Vouvant 164 km
- Port du Bec 230 km
- Passage du Gois 232 km
- Port du Collet 236 km
- Port autonome de Bordeaux. Terminal de Blaye 1.5 km
- Blaye. Citadelle 1.6 km
- Cemetery 2.6 km
- Cemetery 5 km
- Football field 6.6 km
- Blaye Nuclear Power Plant 15 km
- aire de service 17 km
- Cemetery 20 km
- Twin Lakes Caravan and Camping site 28 km
- Gironde Estuary 31 km
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