Cholet
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Cholet is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,404 inhabitants, it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers.
Cholet
The Hôtel de Ville
The Jardin du Mail
The church of Our Lady
War in the Vendée
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The War in the Vendée was a counter-revolutionary insurrection that took place in the Vendée region of France from 1793 to 1796, during the French Revolution. The Vendée is a coastal region, located i
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…in 2009, is named after him: the "Arcades Rougé". During the early years of the French revolutionary wars, the town found itself at the heart of the counter-revolutionary struggle in the Vendée, culminating in October 1793 with the Battle of Cholet which was won by the republicans and followed by a period of brutal government repression. Cholet…
Henri de La Rochejaquelein at the Battle of Cholet in 1793, by Paul-Émile Boutigny
The massacre of 150 to 200 Vendean Republicans by Vendean Royalists in Machecoul was the starting event of the War in the Vendée.
Vendean rebel. Painting by Julien Le Blant
Sacred Heart patch of the Vendean royalist insurgents. The French motto 'Dieu, le Roi' means 'God, the King'.