Fort Pike's citadel as seen from atop its rampart (above casemates along the Rigolets, looking south-southwest)

ID: 5921 ~ Source: Wikimedia ~ Creator: N'Awlins Contrarian ~ Date: 2008
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Brick building with rows of deep windows situated on a lawn within a walled fort.
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By Kalie A. Rhodes & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
In 1819, President James Monroe commissioned Fort Pike’s construction alongside six other forts on the Louisiana coast. [2] Originally known as Fort Petites Coquilles, Monroe commissioned the fort…