Fort Pate, Bayle
- Vicinity: Pate Island in the Gironde estuary
Fort Pate is a former military stronghold erected on an island in the Gironde estuary of western France. Fort Pate was sited by Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban between Fort Medoc and the Blaye citadel to create a defensive triptych to protect Bordeaux. It also dissuades Bordeaux from making "the pig" (to use the expression of Vauban) that is to say that it stops selling itself to the enemy. - AsNotedIn