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Historic cathedral, completed in 1703.
The St. Joseph's Cathedral also called Fort-Liberté Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Fort-Liberté, capital of the northeastern department in the Caribbean country of Haiti.
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The fort within the city limits was constructed in 1731 at the port near the land end facing the bay, built under the directive of Louis XV, King of France, to defend against invasions. Fort-Liberté is on the southern shore of the bay. It is about 800 m north of the city centre. The shoal in front of the fort is steep and extends to about 20 18 m. Now, only the fort ruins are seen as evidence of the ingenious design of the architects who selected the most strategic point on the island to build it overlooking the ocean. However, efforts were made during the middle of the 1990s to restore the fort and the structures within it. Pilferage has seen the loss of the cannons and the cannonballs, apart from removal of stones imported from Nantes, France. The fort has a colonial cathedral, which is now the renovated entrance to the city. It is called the "Belle Entrée" (Beautiful Gate).