La Rochelle is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. In the 16th century La Rochelle adopted Protestant ideas and soon became a centre of the Huguenots. Due to this La Rochelle was besieged for 14 months by Cardinal Richelieu in 1627/28 after which the Huguenots lost most of their privileges. The siege forms much of the backdrop to the later chapters of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers.
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