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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

La Rochelle · Alexandria

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La Rochelle

Also known as

Ar Roc'hell
Arrochela
Arroxela
La Pallice
La Rochela
La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)

Image illustrating La Rochelle — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · La Rochellesee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

birthplace ofAimé Bonpland1773 CE
birthplace ofCatherine Larrère1944 CE
birthplace ofDamien Touya1975 CE
birthplace ofDavid Thiérrée1970 CE
birthplace ofDominique Souchet1946 CE
birthplace ofGeneviève Brossard de Beaulieu1755 CE
birthplace ofGrégory Poirier1982 CE
place of death ofHenri Laurent1881 CE
place of death ofJacques Mouilleron1940 CE
place of death ofJean Alfonse1484 CE
birthplace ofJean Clarieux1911 CE
birthplace ofJean Ernest Mercier1840 CE

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