Corderie Royale

metropolitan France · France

Corderie Royale, France
Photo: Berrucomons, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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This immense 17th-century rope factory once supplied cordage to the entire French navy from a building nearly 400 metres long. Restored after wartime damage, it now houses displays on shipbuilding and the royal arsenal of Rochefort.

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