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Conference: Margaret Brooke, an Englishwoman and friend of Loti, Queen of Borneo
CULTURAL
On
Thursday 12
Mar
Lecture given by Alain Quella-Villéger and Christine Ribardière (co-translator). Margaret Brooke (1849-1936), a British aristocrat, became Rani of Sarawak in Borneo when she married Charles Brooke at the age of twenty. From then on, she led an extraordinary life in a tropical palace: the Astana, in...
Visit : marine hotel
CULTURAL
On
Thursday 12
Mar
Discover the Hôtel de la Marine, the former maritime prefecture and current headquarters of the gendarmerie academies. Visit Rochefort's most ‘private’ hotel, built in 1671 to welcome the King. Identity card required for this visit. Booking is essential (places are limited). Identity card req...