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La Batterie Destination Guide

Discover La Batterie in Martinique

La Batterie in the region of Martinique is a town located in Martinique - some 4 mi or ( 7 km ) West of Fort-de-France , the country's capital .

Interactive map of La Batterie

Local time in La Batterie is now 11:23 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Martinique " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Bridgetown, Saint-Joseph, Sainte-Marie, L-Enclos, and Le Lamentin. When in this area, you might want to check out Bridgetown . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in La Batterie ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Cyclone Dean Martinique

0:45 min by Benoit Loyez
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Vu depuis ma chambre, 6h10 du matin ..

Fort de France

5:10 min by Philippe Manson
Views: 7288 Rating: 4.00

MARTINIQUE, Views from Fort de France, November 2008 ..


Batelière

2:17 min by homoclinica
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hotel ..

Cyclone Dean Martinique

0:47 min by Benoit Loyez
Views: 4357 Rating: 4.25

Vu depuis le salon, 17 août 07, 6h09. Cyclone de classe 2, vents de 160 km/h, rafales à 200 km/h... Seen from the living room, August 17th 07, 6.09am. Class 2 hurricane. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Battle of Martinique (1779)

The Combat de la Martinique, or Battle of Martinique, was a naval encounter on 18 December 1779 between a British squadron under Admiral Hyde Parker and a French squadron under Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte near the island of Martinique in the West Indies.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.58 -61.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Battles of the American Revolutionary War, Conflicts in 1779, History of Martinique, Naval battles involving France, Naval battles involving Great Britain

Stade Louis Achille

Stade Louis Achille is a multi-use stadium in Fort-de-France, Martinique. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of Good Luck. The stadium holds 9,000 people.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.60 -61.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Football venues in Martinique

Carbet Mountains

The Carbet Mountains (French: Pitons Du Carbet, or Carbet Nails) are a massif of volcanic origin on the Caribbean island of Martinique. The Carbet Mountains occupy an 80 km long path through the centre of the island, and include some of its highest peaks, though Martinique's highest point Mount Pelée is not part of the range. The mountains are a popular tourist site and hiking and climbing destination.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.70 -61.11 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Geography of Martinique, Mountain ranges of Central America and the Caribbean, Mountain ranges of France, Volcanoes of Martinique

St. Louis Cathedral, Fort-de-France

Fort-de-France Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Fort-de-France) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Fort-de-France, capital of Martinique. The architect was the Parisian Pierre-Henri Picq. This is the seventh church to have stood on the site, and although Picq had been commissioned to build a structure that could survive Martinique's plagues of fire, hurricanes and earthquakes, he built it entirely out of wood.

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Located at 14.60 -61.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Martinique, Cathedrals in France, Official historical monuments of France

Fort Desaix

Fort Desaix is a Vauban fort and one of four forts that protect Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique. The fort was built from 1768 to 1772 and sits on a hill, Morne Garnier, overlooking what was then Fort Royal. Fort Desaix was built in response to the successful British attack on Fort Royal in 1762 and was intended to prevent any future attacker from using Morne Garnier to site cannon that could then bombard Fort Royal from above.

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Located at 14.60 -61.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Forts in Martinique