12 Sights in La Rochelle, France (with Map and Images)

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette was ultimately permitted to command Continental Army troops in the decisive siege of Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary War's final major battle that secured American independence. After returning to France, Lafayette became a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830 and continues to be celebrated as a hero in both France and the United States.

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The Church of Saint-Sauveur is a Louis XIII-style church rebuilt at the end of the seventeenth century on a primitive church of the twelfth century in the city of La Rochelle. Located on Quai Maubec, set back and near the Old Port, it is placed under the invocation of the Holy Saviour (Jesus Christ).

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The submarine base of La Rochelle is a huge bunker from the Second World War, intended to house the 3rd U-Boat flotilla of the Kriegsmarine. It is part of the Atlantic Wall. In usage, it is also referred to as the "La Pallice Submarine Base", La Pallice being a district of La Rochelle located in the western part of the city.

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The Lighthouse of the End of the World of La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, is a lighthouse off the cape of the Pointe des Minimes, at the entrance to the maritime channel of the marina of La Rochelle. It is a place of literary memory of Jules Verne's 1905 novel The Lighthouse at the End of the World, inspired by his replica of the 1884 Lighthouse at the End of the World in Argentine Patagonia, the Island of the States located east of the Mitre Peninsula in Tierra del Fuego, in the Cape Horn region and the Howling Fifties.

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The Grosse Horloge de La Rochelle is an old city gate dating from the primitive enclosure known as the city walls, which became useless with the expansion of the city, it housed a bell and a clock in 1478 and became the city's belfry replacing the Mallevault gate. The Porte de la Grosse-Horloge is classified as a historical monument by decree of 13 December 1978.

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The Muséum d'histoire naturelle de La Rochelle is a natural history museum located in the city of La Rochelle, France. The building is listed as a historic monument by order of October 27, 2003. He is a member of the national network of naturalist collections (RECOLNAT).

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The Lantern Tower is one of the three medieval historic towers in La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France, which guarded the port at Aunis. The Lantern tower served as a Lighthouse and a prison throughout its history. It was also known by other names: Garrot tower, Priest tower, and Four Sergeant tower. In 1789 the French government declared it a Monument historique

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Aquarium de La Rochelle is a family-owned public aquarium in La Rochelle, France. It has a surface area of over 8,445 m2 (90,901 sq ft) with 3 million litres of seawater. It has 73 display aquaria and 150 quarantine aquaria exhibiting more than 12,000 animals of 600 different species. It has an average of 800,000 visitors per year.

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Saint Nicolas Tower (1384) along with the Lantern tower and the Chain tower, is one of the three medieval towers guarding the port in La Rochelle, France. In 1879 the French government classified it as a Monument historique (MH).

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The Chain Tower (1384) along with the Lantern tower and the Saint Nicolas Tower, is one of the three medieval towers guarding the port in La Rochelle, France. It is called the Chain tower because an actual chain was stretched across the port entrance from this building. In 1879 the French government classified it as a Monument historique (MH).

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The Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle is a museum dedicated to fine arts, located in the city of La Rochelle, in Charente-Maritime. Along with the Museum of the New World, it is part of the art and history museums of La Rochelle. The mansion in which the museum is located is listed as a historical monument by decree of 23 February 1925.

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The Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance chapel is located in the centre of La Rochelle between the rue des Augustins and the rue Bazoges. The Tridentine rite, also called the extraordinary form of the Roman rite, is practiced there. It belongs to the priory of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay, itself dependent on the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X. The chapel was listed in the supplementary inventory of historical monuments on 31 December 1985, including the altarpiece.

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