Pointe du Chay is a limestone promontory, about 5 kilometres from La Rochelle, France, between the seafront of Aytré and Angoulins. La Pointe du Chay is composed...
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Fort Énet (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ enɛt], also spelled fort Énet in French) is a fortification in the Pertuis d'Antioche, in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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French further fortified the area, most notably with the construction of Fort Boyard. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon tried to flee to the United...
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Le Chay (French pronunciation: [lə ʃɛ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime department...
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In 1638, Dyel du Parquet decided to have Fort Saint Louis built to protect the city against enemy attacks. From Fort Royal, Martinique, Du Parquet proceeded...
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Oléron Island and the coast of mainland France. The island is also close to Fort Boyard. Map of Île-d'Aix, by Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1823 Satellite photograph...
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Expression populaire et imagée de la loi de la jungle: « la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure ». Joseph, Celucien L. (2014). "Toward a Politico-Theology...
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both the county and the district. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay. It is 130 kilometres (81 mi) from Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern...
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the main building material throughout the region. The area of La Pointe du Chay about five kilometres (three miles) from La Rochelle is a cliff area visited...
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Fort Boyard, a famous Napoleonic ocean fortress located a few kilometres offshore. Materials were stored in Boyardville for construction of the fort,...
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