FORT CARRÉ

Located on the Saint-Roch peninsula, Fort Carré "The Squre Fort" offers a panoramic view of Antibes, its port, and the entire Baie des Anges.
Built on the orders of the King of France Henry II in the middle of the XVI century, Fort Carré served at the time as both a sentinel for the nearby border with the County of Nice and as a defense post for Antibes, the last French port before this border.
Operational since 1585, Fort Carré experienced its first attack in 1592 and remained a strategic site until the XIX century.
Classified as a Historic Monument in 1905, restored by volunteers of the Club du Vieux Manoir between 1979 and 1985, Fort Carré was finally bought by the City of Antibes Juan-les-Pins in 1997 and opened, in 1998, as a Museum.

Fort as seen from the Esplanade Simone Veil
Getting to the Entrance
Parade Ground
The Chapel
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