Castries was founded by the French in 1650 as "Carénage" (meaning "safe anchorage"), then renamed in 1756 after Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries, commander of a French expeditionary force to Corsica that year.
It was renamed in 1756 after Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries, commander of a French expeditionary force to Corsica that year. Castries was founded by the French in 1650 as "Carénage" (meaning "safe anchorage").
Castries was founded by the French in 1650 as "Carénage" (meaning "safe anchorage"). It was renamed in 1756 after Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries, commander of a French expeditionary force to Corsica that year.
Castries was founded by the French in 1650 as "Carénage" (meaning "safe anchorage"). It was renamed in 1756 after Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries, commander of a French expeditionary force to Corsica that year.