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2 unusual facts about Fort Conde


Fort Charlotte

Fort Charlotte (Mobile) - The British name of Fort Conde in Mobile, Alabama, reconstructed at 4/5 scale of the French Fort Condé at the site, also known as Fort Carlota (under Spanish rule)

Fort Conde

After Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville moved Mobile downriver in May 1711 (following the death of his brother D'Iberville in 1706), he planned the next capital city (after 1718) to be on the Mississippi River, in similar fashion to being on the Mobile River, and so Adrien de Pauger also designed the Vieux Carré in New Orleans, Louisiana, which was built from 1719-1722.



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