The tallship Santa Maria Manuel is in town. Gracing the La Rochelle quayside, with the two mediaeval towers as her backdrop.
Whilst tourists and townsfolk alike, stream past the most picturesque of port offices.
Which administers the glassy waters of the inner harbour. Busy with water taxis and vedettes.
The red topped electric light, by the Capitainerie, together with a green topped twin, on the front, replace the duties of the brazier lit lighthouse, beside the channel. Its needle headed stone tower lives on.
Waterfront homes and shops cluster around the city gates. From which the city clock strikes the hour, with a deep chested resonance.
Welcoming visitors to the cool of the colonnaded walkways within.
Where hollyhocks slumber in sunlit doorways.
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