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English: Marker for Fort Duquesne. It says : This marks the exact site of Fort Duquesne, built by the French in 1754. The fort was destroyed by the French on the approach of the English army in 1758.
Deutsch: Marker für Fort Duquesne.
Français : Plaque marquant l'emplacement de Fort Duquesne, ouvrage construit par les Français en 1754 pour contrôler l'Ohio, région alors disputée avec les colons anglais. La plaque montre le plan du fort en français avec l'Ohio appelé à l'époque « Belle Rivière ». Fort abandonné en 1758 et détruit lors de la Guerre de la Conquête (Guerre de Sept Ans en Europe). Après le guerre, le fort, reconstruit et rebaptisé par les Anglais « Fort Pitt » a donné naissance à la ville de Pittsburg.
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