International Maritime Center - The Royal Rope Factory

International Maritime Center - The Royal Rope Factory

  • rue Jean-Baptiste Audebert, 17300 ROCHEFORT
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International Maritime Center - The Royal Rope Factory

International Maritime Center - The Royal Rope Factory

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A 17th-century factory, the Royal Rope Factory, built from 1666 by François Blondel (architect to the king), is a 374 m long building, on the banks of the Charente, below the King's garden.

From 1669 to 1862, this factory produced all the ropes needed for the ships built in the Rochefort arsenal.

The International Maritime Centre occupies one-third of the building. The permanent exhibition, "The Rope Factory: A Life of Workshops," reveals the secrets of rope making and the art of nautical knots with our rope makers. The temporary exhibition is dedicated to the worlds of the sea.

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rue Jean-Baptiste Audebert
17300 ROCHEFORT
FR
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Member since :
01/02/2005

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