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

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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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 Phare du Bout du Monde de La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, is a lighthouse off the Cap de la Pointe des Minimes, at the entrance to the maritime channel of the La Rochelle marina. 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 lighthouse at the end of the world in Argentine Patagonia from 1884, the Isle of States located east of the Mitre Peninsula in Tierra del Fuego, in the region of Cape Horn and the Howling Fifties.

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The Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance chapel is located in the centre of La Rochelle between Rue des Augustins and Rue Bazoges. The Tridentine rite, also known as 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, which in turn depends on the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. The chapel was listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments on 31 December 1985, including the altarpiece.

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

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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, Charente-Maritime. Along with the Musée du Nouveau Monde, 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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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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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 Church of Saint-Sauveur is a Louis XIII style church rebuilt at the end of the 17th century on a primitive 12th-century church in the city of La Rochelle. Located on Quai Maubec, set back and close to the Old Port, it is placed under the invocation of the Holy Saviour (Jesus Christ).

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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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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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