The Vieux-Port (Old Harbour), is at the heart of La Rochelle. Enclosed by its mighty medieval towers (Saint Nicolas and La Ch ...
The Grosse Horloge of La Rochelle is a former city gate dating back to the original fortifications known as Guillaume X. It r ...
The Diocese of La Rochelle was created in 1648 but the first stone of the new cathedral was not laid until 1742, by which tim ...