Fort Boyard

**Fort Boyard**
	fort in Charente-Maritime, France
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Instance of	sea fort;
Part of	archipel charentais;
Made from material	natural stone;
Location	Île-d'Aix, canton of Rochefort-Nord
Street address	Pleine mer;
Architect	military engineering;
Has use	sea fort (1857–1913); prison (1871 – 19th century); unknown value (1913–1939); military training area (1939–1945); unknown value (1945–1961); unknown value (1989–);
Owned by	departmental council of Charente-Maritime (1988–);
Heritage designation	monument historique inscrit (1950–);
Inception	1801;
Significant event	construction (1801–1857); maintenance (1989–2004);
Capital cost	3,500,000 French franc (1801);
Different from	Fort Boyard;
	45° 59′ 58.71″ N, 1° 12′ 50.16″ W
Authority file
	Q92089; VIAF ID: 234271674; GND ID: 4287623-0; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12194274j; BabelNet ID: 03770221n; Mérimée ID: PA00104714; Structurae structure ID: 20021527; OpenStreetMap relation ID: 5942718
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Object location	45° 59′ 58.71″ N, 1° 12′ 50.16″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	45.999642; -1.213933

English: Fort Boyard is a fort located between the île d'Aix and the île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of France.

Français : Fort Boyard est un fort situé entre l'île d'Aix et l'Île d'Oléron sur la côte Ouest de la France. L'émission Fort Boyard y est tournée chaque année depuis 1990.

Polski: Fort Boyard to fort umiejscowiony między wyspami Île-d'Aix i Île d'Oléron w cieśninie Pertuis d'Antioche na zachodnim wybrzeżu Francji.

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Detail of the tower

Fort Boyard

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