La Rochelle
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Revision as of 17:22, 14 January 2010
La Rochelle
Background
La Rochelle has been an important port since the 12th century and was until the 15th century the largest French port on the Atlantic coast. During the next two centuries, La Rochelle became wealthy through trade with the New World, a dominance that only ended with the Napoleonic Wars, as a result of which France lost many of its overseas territories and its naval power was seriously weakened. A key Nazi submarine base during the Second World War, it was the last major French city to be liberated at the end of the war. Today the city is the largest yachting center along the Brittany coast, with a capacity of nearly 4,000 yachts in a marina and two tidal basins in the Vieux Port.
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