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This includes the Port Louis team, named the Association Sportive Port-Louis 2000 (AS Port-Louis 2000), which won the national championship in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2011. Another popular sports activity in Port Louis is the Thoroughbred horse races held at the Champ de Mars Racecourse , which is the second oldest horse race track in the world.
At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India established warehouses in Port-Louis. They later built additional warehouses across the bay in 1628, at the location which became known as "L'Orient" (the Orient in French). In 1664, during the reign of King Louis XIV, the French East India Company was established at ...
1735 - Development of Port Louis begins (approximate date). [4] 1749 - Le Réduit (fort) built near Port Louis at Moka. 1772 - Bagne Prison built. [5] 1774 - Line Barracks or Casernes Centrales is inaugurated after start of construction in 1740. [6] 1782 - Dyot Canal construction begins. 1790 - Thomas Enouf becomes mayor of Town of Port Louis.
The following is a list of Lord mayors of the city of Port Louis on the island of Mauritius. The island was under French rule until 1810, when the British took power. Mauritius became independent in 1968. Thomas Enouf, 1790 [1] François Fressanges, 1791; Louis Ricard de Bignicourt, 1791; Louis Etienne Gilbert Grison de Marneville, 1792
The settlement of northern Grande-Terre began in the mid-17th century. The city was first known as Pointe d'Antigues then Port Louis, bearing the name of the king of France Louis XIV. During the French Revolution it was renamed Port Libre (meaning free port) before returning to its current name in the 19th century.
Port Louis (French: Port-Louis) is a district of Mauritius, located in the northwest of the island, it is the island nation's smallest district and has the highest population density. The district wholly encompasses Port Louis , the capital of the country.
Citadel of Port-Louis. Alain Manesson Mallet : Les travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre . The Citadel of Port-Louis is a citadel built in the 16th century by the Spaniards, then modified in the 17th century by the Frenchmen in Port-Louis (France) .
Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius. Port Louis may also refer to: Port Louis District, a district of Mauritius; Port Louis, Falkland Islands, a settlement on northeastern East Falkland; Port-Louis, Guadeloupe, a commune in the Guadeloupe overseas department, France; Port-Louis, Morbihan, a commune near Lorient in the Morbihan department, France