When Louis XIII and Richelieu besieged La Rochelle, they ordered the building of an enormous mole that cut off access to the sea. (There's a famous painting of Richelieu in armor at the siege.) Breaching the mole would have been one of the first orders of business after the city surrendered. It would be interesting to know how long the remains of the mole survived. Maybe they carted all of it away immediately after the surrender, but I doubt it.
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Hello from Brazil. Fantastic video. Beautiful La Rochelle. Beautiful Tower ☕️. Excellent work
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Very much enjoying these adventures in La Rochelle! What an incredible area of the world...
One more to go! We loved visiting this city
Lovely took me back to when I visited 30 years ago beautiful 😍
That means it was around the time they finished the reconstruction? 😊🤔
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When Louis XIII and Richelieu besieged La Rochelle, they ordered the building of an enormous mole that cut off access to the sea. (There's a famous painting of Richelieu in armor at the siege.) Breaching the mole would have been one of the first orders of business after the city surrendered. It would be interesting to know how long the remains of the mole survived. Maybe they carted all of it away immediately after the surrender, but I doubt it.
We did not know that. Moving that much dirt and rubble must have taken quite some time...