Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
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Rochefort, unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer for disambiguation, is a city and commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary. It is a subprefecture of the Charente-Maritime department, l
Port in Rochefort
Rochefort sur Mer Labour Exchange, early 20th century
Rochefort (centre-right) seen from Spot Satellite
Rochefort arsenal, in 1690
Pierre Loti
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Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
…Charles Rigault de Genouilly (1807–1873), French admiral, conqueror of Vietnam. Pierre Loti (1850–1923), a French naval officer and novelist. His house is now a museum. Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty (1866–1915), Governor General of French West…
Pierre Loti on the day of his reception at the Académie Française, 7 April 1892
Loti (right) with "Chrysanthème" and Pierre le Cor in Japan, 1885.
Loti caricatured by Guth for Vanity Fair, 1895
Portrait of Pierre Loti by Henri Rousseau, 1891