One of the places de szretZ established by the Edict of Nantes, Cardinal Richelieu led the siege of this city, which was finally captured by the royalists in 1627.  
An important center of trade and commerce, this was the port from which Jacques Cartier left France in 1608. Eighteen years later the French constructed a dyke across its harbor in order to prevent English aid from arriving after its citizens rebelled.  One of the places de szretZ established by the Edict of Nantes, Cardinal Richelieu led the siege of this city, which was finally captured by the royalists in 1627.  FTP name this Protestant stronghold in western France.
An important center of trade and commerce, this was the port from which Jacques Cartier left France in 1608.
La Rochelle