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This article is about the fortification of Fort Boyard itself; for the game show see Fort Boyard (TV series).Fort Boyard (pronounced: [fɔʁ bɔjaʁ]) is a fort located between the Île-d’Aix and the Île d’Oléron in the Pertuis d’Antioche straits on the west coast of France and is the filming location for the TV gameshow of the same name. Though a fort on Boyard bank was suggested as early as the 17th century it was not until the 1800s under Napoleon Bonaparte that work began.
