Fort Liberté

Fort Liberté is a city of 34,000 people (2015) in Northern Haiti.

Understand
It is one of the oldest cities in the country.

In the colonial era, the area was a major plantation area, and today it remains an important coffee-producing area. Its pine forests are heavily exploited for charcoal. In addition, several colonial-era forts, mostly in ruins, are situated here.

Fort-Liberté is a natural harbour of the Saint-Domingue. It is strategically located in the centre of the bay facing the Atlantic Ocean. It was used as a naval base by the French, with four forts that "guarded the bay like beads on a string." Two of the larger forts are Fort Lachatre and Fort Labourque.

Climate
The city has a pleasant climate with a cool ocean breeze and an average temperature of 30 °C. Hispaniola island as a whole is subject to varying weather changes, which result in severe storms, such as hurricanes and sunshine.

See

 * The colonial fountain, placed on the Grande-rue (avenue Sténio-Vincent), was built in freestone imported from France. It is now painted red and embedded between two houses.
 * The Place d'Armes dates from the colonial era. It has undergone great changes since the 18th century. The fountain sits in the middle of the square. It was completed in 1787, and sparked controversy because of its exorbitant cost at the time.
 * The Fort Dauphin or Fort Saint-Joseph is at the end of the Grande rue, at the Pointe de Roche. The fort was built in the extension of the central axis of the city. It has been, since 1730, a strategic place completing the defensive system of protection of the interior of the grounds.
 * The Bayau island was the favorite haunt of pirates in the x17h century. The west of the island was then reserved for the refit of large vessels.
 * The fort of La Bouque is located at the eastern mouth of the bay of Fort-Liberté, it can be reached with a canoe, motor or a boat from the pier located near the customs. The fishermen organize excursions in the bay allow access to the four forts on the western shore of the gully, the "bouque" that the French built to defend access to Fort-Dauphin. From south to north:
 * Fort Saint Frédérique, started in 1740, was built north
 * Fort Saint Charles, built in the 1740s, and the Battery of the Cove ( Batterie de l'Anse), which dates from 1756, with its broken line parapet beside the sea and its powder magazine. Built on the site of an old Spanish fort
 * The fort of La Bouque is located at the eastern mouth of the bay of Fort-Liberté, it can be reached with a canoe, motor or a boat from the pier located near the customs. The fishermen organize excursions in the bay allow access to the four forts on the western shore of the gully, the "bouque" that the French built to defend access to Fort-Dauphin. From south to north:
 * Fort Saint Frédérique, started in 1740, was built north
 * Fort Saint Charles, built in the 1740s, and the Battery of the Cove ( Batterie de l'Anse), which dates from 1756, with its broken line parapet beside the sea and its powder magazine. Built on the site of an old Spanish fort