Fort Louvois

Fortress Louvois, which is referred to locally as Fort Chapus or Fort du Chapus, is a stronghold worked somewhere in the range of 1691 and 1694, amid the rule of Louis XIV, on the Chapus islet, and is around 400 meters seaward in the town of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus in the bureau of Charente-Maritime, France. The post sits inverse the bastion of Chateau d'Oleron on the island of Oleron. The stronghold was situated with the goal that a crossfire from the manor and the fortress would control the Pertuis de Maumusson and block access to the Rochefort streets from the south.

Stronghold Louvois just observed activity towards the finish of World War II when siege extraordinarily harmed the post, requiring later reclamation. Since 1972 the fortress has been the site of a gallery of shellfish cultivating, and there are clam beds beside the boulevard that joins the fortification to the shore. The post additionally houses a lasting show that depicts the historical backdrop of the stronghold and that contains models of fortresses on the Charente coast. Amid the late spring a bus vessel that works amid high tide takes guests to the fortification; at low tide the post is available by means of a highway.