# Fort du Socoa

Ciboure, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Fort du Socoa stands in Ciboure (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 17th century, 18th century, 19th century). Admission is free. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

At Ciboure, at the entrance to the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the Socoa fort has guarded the harbour approach since the 17th century. Begun under Henri IV and then entirely reworked by Vauban and François Ferry from 1693 onward, it forms an enclosed coastal battery topped by a four-storey tower crowned with a machicolated platform. Decommissioned militarily in the late 19th century, it later served the customs authorities and sailing activities. Today it can only be seen from the outside.

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## Prices

- Adult : 0 EUR

## Where this château is

- Av. du Commandant Passicot, 64500 Ciboure
- +33 5 59 47 64 56
- 43.3960324592181, -1.68345912751486
- Heritage status : Registered historic monument (inscrit)
- Period of construction : 17e siècle, 18e siècle, 19e siècle

## Sources

- Official website : https://www.en-pays-basque.fr/visite/fort-de-socoa/
- Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17485556
- Mérimée record : https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00084380

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