Car Hire in Toulon, France
Toulon was half destroyed during the last war, and its rebuilt whole is dominated by the military and associated industries. The arsenal that Louis XIV created is today one of the leading employers of southeast France; and the port is also home to the French Navy's Mediterranean fleet. The shipbuilding yards of La Seyne have, however, been axed; thus, closing the book on a centuries-old yet possibly at times notorious industry. Up until the 18th century, slaves and convicts continued to be powering the king's galleys, and right after the Revolution, convicts were sent to Toulon with iron collars round their necks for sentences of hard labour. After 1854 convicts were deported to the colonies in whose conquest ships from Toulon played a significant part.
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