# The Battery

Charleston, United States

The Battery is a seawall and promenade along Charleston's southern shore, lined with grand antebellum mansions. Named for a coastal defense battery once sited here, it offers sweeping harbor views and was where Charlestonians watched Fort Sumter fall in 1861.

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Coordinates: 32.7692, -79.9288

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