Founded by the Spaniards in 1503, the city of Fort-Liberté which successively bore the names of Bayaha, Puerto Real, Fort Dauphin and Fort Royal, lingers in the minds of many Haitians. With its forts and its cathedral, its captivating bay, it has the privilege to eventually become a captivating destination.

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Right side of the ruins of Fort-Liberté

Occidental side of the Fort

View of the alluvial plains and the North Mountains from the ruins of Fort-Liberté

The colonial cathedral overlooking the park of the city

Fountain of the city of Fort-Liberté on "La Place d'Armes"

Triumphal arch that serves as the entrance to the city

Located in the North-Eastern part of Haiti and abounding with tourist sites, Fort-Liberté is a city where the first declaration of Haiti's independence took place on November 29, 1803. It has one of the most captivating historical sites in the area called Fort Dauphin known today as Fort-Liberté. This fort was built around 1731 under the command of Louis XV, king of France, and its ruins are the greatest evidences of its genius designers who chose the most strategic point to built it in order to fight off upcoming invaders.

In addition to its architectural charm, it overlooks a splendid bay of turquoise seawater, which sparkles under the bright rays of the tropical sun.

Despite being renovated by ISPAN in the mid' 1990, it is now in a very bad shape. All the balls and most of the canons have been stolen along with most of the cut stones paving its alleys and imported from Nantes, France. They were quite simply stolen by people not fully aware of their illegal act. Moreover, many holes within the fort enclosure are a potential threat to the preservation of the Fort in case of rain.

According to a committee member for the development of Fort-Liberté (CADEF), Fort-Dauphin bears an extraordinary tourist potential. The fort itself, the colonial cathedral overlooking the park, the renovated entrance to the city known as “Belle Entrée” (Beautiful Entrance), and other neighboring forts such as Fort Labouque, Batterie de l'Anse, Fort Saint Charles, Fort Saint Frédérique, Bayau Island are convincing evidences.

The town of Fort-Liberté is part of the Ministry of tourism's project in Port-au-Prince, a plan which supposed to be extended over a 25 years period, with the completion of 10 thousand hotel rooms. In fact, the city owns only one fully-occupied hotel. And there is a proposal of the minister of Culture and Haitian representatives to Royal Caribbean officials in which 5 thousand among the tourists who go to Labadie could visit other sites in the northeastern part of the country.

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