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Le château en bref
Fort Lupin is a fortification located on the south bank of the Charente, downstream from Rochefort, some four kilometres from the mouth of the Charente. It stands at the locality of Lupin, in the commune of Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente, in the department of Charente-Maritime (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region) in France.
On the banks of the Charente estuary, further towards the sea, towards Port-des-Barques, are:
On the same bank, the Saint-Nazaire fountain, where the King's ships came to take on fresh water on leaving the arsenal of Rochefort.
On the north bank, Fort Lapointe, also known as Fort Vasou, built in 1672 and remodelled in the eighteenth century.