Construction of the fort was begun by the French in the mid-eighteenth century to protect ships headed to Europe from pirates, but the island was ... a fort on Panama's Caribbean coast, go to ...

Excavations at an old French fort in the Caribbean Sea revealed cannonballs ... Constructed during the late 18th century, the fort was occupied at various times by the French and Swedish militaries.

When visiting the Caribbean ... of a fort named for Napoleon III, France's first president. Hovering over the scenic bay of Les Saintes, the fort was originally built in the 18th century and ...

The National Park Service provides ferry service to Fort Matanzas National Monument on Rattlesnake Island — a very short ferry ride from a dock located off coastal highway AIA. The fort is ...

Virtually every Caribbean island has lifted restrictions after the ... architecture inherited from England and France, like the Fort Saint George, built by the French in the 18th century on a high ...