Fort Carré
Fort Carré, often called the Fort Carré d'Antibes, is a 16th-century star-shaped fort of four arrow-head shaped bastions that stands on a 26-meter high promontory in Antibes, France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in the Antibes
- Also known as: “Fort Carre”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stade du Fort Carré and Monument aux Morts.
Stade du Fort Carré
Sports venue
Photo: Plyd, Public domain.
Stade du Fort Carré is a multi-use stadium in Antibes, France, home ground of the FC Antibes, named after the neighboring Fort Carré. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the local athletics club. Stade du Fort Carré is situated 140 metres west of Fort Carré.
Antibes Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Antibes station is a railway station located in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, southern France. The station is located on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. The train services are operated by SNCF. Antibes Railway Station is situated 1 km southwest of Fort Carré.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Juan-les-Pins and Cap d’Antibes.
Juan-les-Pins
Suburb
Photo: Ameilland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Juan-les-Pins is a town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera, it is situated between Nice and Cannes, 13 kilometres to the southwest of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Juan-les-Pins is situated 3 km south of Fort Carré.
Cap d’Antibes
Suburb
Photo: Prouzet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cap d’Antibes is a suburb, which is situated 4 km south of Fort Carré.
Biot
Village
Photo: Jpchevreau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Biot is a small fortified medieval hilltop village in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur near Antibes, between Nice and Cannes. Many people come to Biot for its renowned cubist art museum of Fernand Leger as well as the winding cobbled lanes on the elevated fort. Biot is situated 4½ km northwest of Fort Carré.
Fort Carré
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Antibes, Arrondissement of Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Swedish—“Fort Carré” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن كاريه”
- French: “fort carré”
- French: “Fort Carré”
- German: “Fort Carré”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Carré”
- Japanese: “カレ砦”
- Korean: “포트 카레”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Carré”
- Norwegian: “Fort Carré”
- Polish: “Fort carré”
- Russian: “Форт Карре”
- Spanish: “Fort Carré”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Cuadrado”
- Swedish: “Fort Carré”
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