#gate way

City Gate by Tony Via Flickr: La Rochelle was founded during the 10th century and became an important harbour in the 12th century. In 1137, Guillaume X made La Rochelle a free port and gave it the right to establish itself as a commune. Fifty years later Eleanor of Aquitaine upheld the communal charter promulgated by her father, and for the first time in France, a city mayor was appointed for La Rochelle