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ﾃ四e-d'Aix
ﾃ四e-d'Aix () is a communes of France, commune in the departments of France, French department of Charente-Maritime, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), off the west coast of France. It occupies the territory of the small Isle of Aix (), in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular place for tourist day-trips during the summer months. Location ﾃ四e-d'Aix is located at the mouth of the river Charente (river), Charente, between Olﾃｩron Island and the coast of mainland France. The island is also close to Fort Boyard (fortification), Fort Boyard. File:Aix island Fleuriau de Bellevue 1823 detail.jpg, Map of ﾃ四e-d'Aix, by Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1823 File:Ile daix satellite.png, Satellite photograph of ''Ile d'Aix'' File:AixMainStreet.JPG, The main street in the village. File:AixWoods.JPG, A forest road in the north of the island. File:AixIsland.JPG, ﾃ四e-d'Aix, as seen from the south-west, from Fort Boyard (fortification), Fort Boyard. History During the Roman p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Boyard (fortification)
Fort Boyard () is a Fortification, fort built on Boyard bank, an ocean bank located between the ﾃ四e-d'Aix and the Olﾃｩron, ﾃ四e d'Olﾃｩron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits on the west coast of France. Though a fort on Boyard bank was suggested as early as the 17th century, it was not until the 1800s under Napoleon Bonaparte that work began. Building started in 1801 and was completed in 1857. In 1967, the final scene of the French film ''Les aventuriers (1967 film), Les aventuriers'' was filmed at the remains of the fort. Since 1990, it is the filming location for the Fort Boyard (game show), eponymous TV game show. Layout Fort Boyard is Stadium (geometry), stadium-shaped, long and wide. The walls were built high. At the centre is a yard, and the ground floor provided stores and quarters for the men and officers. The floor above contained casemates for the emplacements of guns and further quarters. Above that were facilities for barbette guns and Mortar (weapon), mort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
Rochefort (; ), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (; ) for disambiguation, is a city and communes of France, commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente (river), Charente estuary. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department, located in the administrative regions of France, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes). Geography Rochefort lies on the river Charente (river), Charente, close to its outflow into the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 km southeast of La Rochelle. Rochefort station has rail connections to La Rochelle, Nantes and Bordeaux. History In December 1665, Rochefort was chosen by Jean-Baptiste Colbert as a place of "refuge, defence and supply" for the French Navy. The Arsenal de Rochefort served as a naval base and dockyard until it closed in 1926. In September 1757, Rochefort was the target of an ambitious Raid on Rochefort, British raid during the Seven Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Pierre Ambroise Franﾃｧois Choderlos de Laclos (; 18 October 1741 窶 5 September 1803) was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel '' Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (''Dangerous Liaisons'') (1782). A unique case in French literature, he was for a long time considered to be as scandalous a writer as the Marquis de Sade or Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne. He was a military officer with no illusions about human relations, and an amateur writer; however, his initial plan was to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death"; from this point of view he mostly attained his goals with the fame of his masterwork ''Les Liaisons dangereuses''. It is one of the masterpieces of novelistic literature of the 18th century, which explores the amorous intrigues of the aristocracy. It has inspired many critical and analytic commentaries, plays and films. Biography Born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communautﾃｩ D'agglomﾃｩration Rochefort Ocﾃｩan
Communautﾃｩ d'agglomﾃｩration de Saintes is the ''communautﾃｩ d'agglomﾃｩration'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Rochefort. It is located in the Charente-Maritime department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France. Created in 2014, its seat is in Rochefort.CA Rochefort Ocﾃｩan (Nﾂｰ SIREN : 200041762) BANATIC. Retrieved 4 November 2024. Its area is 421.4 km2. Its population was 63,480 in 2019, of which 23,584 in Rochefort proper.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raid On Rochefort
The Raid on Rochefort (or Descent on Rochefort) was a British amphibious assault, amphibious attempt to capture the France, French Atlantic port of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Years' War. The raid pioneered a new tactic of "descents" on the French coast, championed by William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt who had taken office a few months earlier. After a number of delays the expedition reached the French coast, capturing the offshore island of ﾃ四e d'Aix. With the army commander John Mordaunt (British Army officer), Sir John Mordaunt refusing to attempt a landing, the force sailed for home. The raid ended in failure, but it was followed by several similar operations in the subsequent years. Background Britain had begun the Seven Years' War badly, losing several battles to the French in North America, as well as seeing their major Mediterranean naval base of Menorca Siege of Minorca, captured by a French force while Britain's ally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isembert De Chﾃ｢telaillon
Isembert de Chﾃ｢telaillon, or Isembard de Castrum Allionis, also Isembert the Last, also spelled Isambert, was a French nobleman and the master of the city of Chﾃ｢telaillon, Charente-Maritime, a territory which covered the area between the Sﾃｨvre in the north and the Charente in the south and included Rﾃｩ Island and Aix Island but not Olﾃｩron Island, in the early 12th century. Isambert, like all the Lords of Chﾃ｢telaillon was a vassal of the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou. The Chﾃ｢telaillon lineage is thought to have been founded by Alon, who gave his name to ''Castrum Alionensis'' (linguistically deformed into "Chﾃ｢telaillon"). Isembert was a descendant of the powerful Isembert I of Chﾃ｢telaillon who became prosperous through wine and salt trade, and sponsored the development of monasteries. Isembert I built the monastery of Ile d'Aix in 814, which was later invaded by the Normans and became one of their strongholds. Isembert was also the son of Eble II of Chﾃ｢telaillon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Renﾃｩ, Marquis De Montalembert
Marc Renﾃｩ, marquis de Montalembert (16 July 1714 窶 29 March 1800) was a French military engineer and writer, known for his work on fortifications. Life He was born at Angoulﾃｪme, and entered the French Army in 1732. He fought in the War of the Polish Succession on the Rhine (1733窶34), and in the War of the Austrian Succession made the campaigns of 1742 in Bohemia and Italy. In the years preceding the Seven Years' War, Montalembert (who had become an associate member of the Acadﾃｩmie des Sciences in 1747) devoted his energies to the art of fortification, to which Vauban's ''Traitﾃｩ de l'attaque'' attracted him, and founded the cannon foundry Ruelle Foundry at Ruelle, near his birthplace. On the outbreak of war he became French commissioner with the allied army of Sweden, with the rank of brigadier-general. He constructed the field fortifications of Anklam and Stralsund. In 1761 he was promoted ''marﾃｩchal de camp'', and began the works on which his fame rests. Montalember ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes in a territorial reform. Nouvelle-Aquitaine has an area of 窶 more than of Metropolitan France 窶 and has a population of 6,033,952 . The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the 2015 French regional elections, regional elections in December 2015. It is the largest region in France by area (including Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas regions such as French Guiana), with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the seventh-largest metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. The region has 25 major urban areas, among which the most important after Bordeaux are B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chﾃｩrente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charente, its Prefectures in France, prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kilometres (2,650 sq mi). History The history of the department begins with a decree from the National Constituent Assembly (France), Constituent Assembly on December 22, 1789, which took effect on March 4, 1790, creating it as one of the 83 original departments during the French Revolution. Named 窶廚harente-Infﾃｩrieure窶 after the lower course of the Charente (river), Charente, it was renamed Charente-Maritime on September 4, 1941, during World War II, reflecting its Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast identity. The department encompasses most of the former province of County of Saintonge, Saintonge (excluding Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (; English: ''Dangerous Liaisons'') is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu on March 23, 1782. It is the story of the Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil and the Vicomte Sﾃｩbastien de Valmont, two amoral lovers-turned-rivals who amuse themselves by ruining others and who ultimately destroy each other. It has been seen as depicting the corruption and depravity of the French nobility shortly before the French Revolution, and thereby attacking the Ancien Rﾃｩgime despite having been written nearly a decade prior to those events. The author aspired to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death". As an epistolary novel, the book is composed of letters written by the various characters to each other. In particular, the letters between Valmont and the Marquise make up the majority of the plot, along with those of Cﾃｩcile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. The five solae, five ''solae'' summarize the basic theological beliefs of mainstream Protestantism. Protestants follow the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began in the 16th century with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church from perceived Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors, abuses, and discrepancies. The Reformation began in the Holy Roman Empire in 1517, when Martin Luther published his ''Ninety-five Theses'' as a reaction against abuses in the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church, which purported to offer the remission of the Purgatory, temporal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
