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- Fort Jacques: The better-preserved of the two, with thick stone walls, rows of cannon and dark powder rooms you can still enter. Its position on the ridge shows exactly why the site was chosen.
- Fort Alexandre: The smaller, more ruined sibling reached along the ridge. Fewer people come, so you often have the stones and the outlook to yourself.
- Ridge views over Port-au-Prince: From the walls you look over the capital, the bay and the Gonâve side on clear mornings. This is the photograph most people come for.
- Cannon batteries: Iron guns still sit along the ramparts, pointing down the slopes toward the approaches. They give a clear sense of the defensive layout.
- Laboule hillside villages: The approach passes houses, gardens and small stands in the cooler hills above town, a useful look at life outside
- Fort Jacques: The better-preserved of the two, with thick stone walls, rows of cannon and dark powder rooms you can still enter. Its position on the ridge shows exactly why the site was chosen.
- Fort Alexandre: The smaller, more ruined sibling reached along the ridge. Fewer people come, so you often have the stones and the outlook to yourself.
- Ridge views over Port-au-Prince: From the walls you look over the capital, the bay and the Gonâve side on clear mornings. This is the photograph most people come for.
- Cannon batteries: Iron guns still sit along the ramparts, pointing down the slopes toward the approaches. They give a clear sense of the defensive layout.
- Laboule hillside villages: The approach passes houses, gardens and small stands in the cooler hills above town, a useful look at life outside the city.
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