La Corderie Royale (Royal Rope manufacture) (Rochefort)
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Poitou-Charentes /
Rochefort
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military, listed building / architectural heritage, historical building
In December 1665 Rochefort was chosen by Jean-Baptiste Colbert as a place of "refuge, defense and supply" for the French navy. Its military harbour was fortified by Louis XIV's commissary of fortifications Vauban. Between 1666-1669 the king had the "Corderie Royale" (then the longest building in Europe) constructed to make cordage for French ships of war. The making of cordage ceased in 1867, and in 1926 the arsenal of Rochefort was closed. The building was burned by occupation forces in 1944 and left abandoned for twenty years. Today it has been restored for municipal and tourist purposes.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°56'22"N -0°57'20"E
- Base aéronavale de Rochefort-Soubise 3.8 km
- caserne 29 km
- German WW2 gun battery 31 km
- Jeumont Kaserne 32 km
- WW2 German bunkers 34 km
- Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base 57 km
- Basic flight school area 58 km
- Dispersal area with hardened aircraft shelters (not used) 58 km
- Cross servicing area 59 km
- Base ammo storage (not used) 60 km
- Port de plaisance 0.5 km
- EADS Sogerma 0.6 km
- École de médecine navale de Rochefort 0.7 km
- Cimetière de Rochefort 1.2 km
- Runway 12/30 5.9 km
- Aéroport de Rochefort-Saint-Agnant 5.9 km
- Ein Zuhälter in der Armee von Algerien 6.4 km
- Amusement Park 8 km
- Estuary of the Charente 8.7 km
- Chateau de La Roche-Courbon 18 km