Holiday Rentals in Brittany, Morbihan, Etel near the city of Lorient, presentation and history
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are at the heart of southern Brittany, a land of diversity that will
amaze you. Here the rivers are at sea green valleys Blavet, Scorff,
the milk, are the paths of water from the high inland Brittany. The
freshwater mixes with saltwater from the Celtic Sea and Bay of
Biscay, in one of the most beautiful roads of France. Protected by
the mysterious Groix, the bay of Lorient offers a safe haven for
seafarers since the Neolithic. The East India Company were born.
They have brought their scents of spices and tastes of salt in the
eighteenth century. Then, the Royal Navy, commercial fishing,
coastal shipping have shaped Lorient. Battle of the Atlantic did -
suddenly - a key witness in the history of the twentieth century.
The people of the sea have made and remade, this country rooted in
its Celtic roots, and to better open up the world. They welcome you.
Good come to you, Degemer mat !
Born in the seventeenth century the East India Company, Lorient is now the central city of the 3rd Greater Britain (180 000 inhabitants). The city with five ports (marinas, passenger, fishing, trade and military) cultivates its maritime identity and Celtic. In the heart of the city, the Rue du Port welcomes the peace of pedestrians around the plantations of Albizzia, a street furniture to marine notes, shops and architecture of the fifties.
The Festival of Lorient Interceltique every year in August, is the largest gathering of music worldwide. 400,000 visitors and 4,500 musicians.
At the heart of Southern Brittany, next to the ocean, Lorient, with its unique city rebuilt and dominant architecture of the fifties, also attracted by the friendly character of its inhabitants. At Lorient, quality of life plays the complementarity between the city, the countryside and the sea with a bay sheltered from most of France, Lorient is a place of rendezvous for starts, stops and arrivals of large boat races, or friendly cruises.
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History and Lorient Lorient is intimately linked to its strategic location facing the Atlantic Ocean and the Isle de Croix, a former tuna fishing port. History and Lorient Lorient is intimately linked to its strategic location facing the Atlantic Ocean and the Isle de Croix, a former tuna fishing port. |
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Lorient and the Companies of India: 1666 to the Revolution |
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In 1664, at the request of Colbert, Louis XIV authorized the creation of the East India Company to develop trade with Asia, particularly the lucrative trade of spices. . |
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In 1666, the headquarters of the East India Company moved away from the Spanish citadel of Port-Blavet current Port-Louis at the confluence of Scorff and Blavet which forms the harbor. The valleys of these rivers profoundly the landscape and the activity of the rural hinterland.
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The story really begins in Lorient by the establishment of shipyards Faouëdic two frigates and a ship of 1000 tons, the Sun of the East, leaving soon for new sites, which attract the peasants and workers across the kingdom. East of the Sun, known as the Orient, Oriant in Breton, will become the namesake of the burgeoning city. |
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Spices, tea, textiles, silks, lacquers and porcelains of the "Indies" transiting Lorient and make the fortune of the East India Company and its owner, who also engage in trafficking of ebony and later smugglers. |
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From 1690, the Royal Navy is installing a military administration Lorient while Port-Louis has seen the construction of workshops and in charge of maintenance squadrons. The War of the League of Augsburg (1696-1697) and that of the Spanish Succession (1702-1714) disrupt maritime commerce. The East India Company went bankrupt and Lorient is plunged into the doldrums. |
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EIn 1719, the Financial Law establishes a new East India Company which, through its monopoly on trade between the mainland and the exchanges with Africa, the colonies of Louisiana and the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and China Sea, Lorient ensures an era of great prosperity |
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Between 1709 and 1730, Lorient from 6 000 to 20 000 inhabitants and an urban extension known as the architect of the East India Company, Jacques Gabriel, will be responsible for control. In 1738, Lorient, then built a city, hosting the largest event in Europe. Lorient becomes the exclusive marketer of colonial products and the operational center of shipbuilding. Workers, soldiers, sailors, working for the East India Company. "The company brings in Lorient its navy, its troops and all his business" Mignot de Montigny wrote in 1752.The loss of the colonies (1763) once again dragged the bankruptcy of the East India Company a few years later (1769). But the demise of the company does not stop the trade with India, the port of Lorient is the obligatory returns and sales.
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In 1785, the company said Calonne is created, but its monopoly of trade outside the French territory will be eliminated five years later by the Revolution (Constituent Assembly of 1790). In 1791, Lorient is established military port. |
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