Fort de Rocher
Fort de Rocher was a seventeenth-century fortress on the Caribbean island of Tortuga, northwest of Haiti. It was built and utilized by buccaneers as the primary defense of the island to prevent encroachment of Spanish forces.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: fortress on the Carribbean island of Tortuga
- Also known as: “Fort Levasseur”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tortuga and Saint-Louis-du-Nord.
Tortuga
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Saint-Louis-du-Nord
Town
Saint-Louis-du-Nord is a commune in the Saint-Louis-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. It has 69,592 inhabitants. Saint-Louis-du-Nord is situated 8 km south of Fort de Rocher.
Fort de Rocher
- Categories: fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Port-de-Paix Arrondissement, Nord-Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
20.00893° or 20° 0′ 32″ north
Longitude
-72.71097° or 72° 42′ 40″ west
Open location code
77G9275Q+HJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Fort de Rocher” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort de Rocher”
- French: “fort de La Roche”
- French: “Fort de La Roche”
- Spanish: “fuerte Rocher”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Rocher”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Possible chantier naval and HOPITAL NOTRE DAME DES PALMISTES.
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