The lighthouse which occupies the site of Fort Penon was built in 1544.
Larnaca occupies the site of the ancient Citium, but the citadel of the ancient city was used to fill up the ancient harbour in 1879.
The right ventricle occupies the ventral portion of the heart.
The town proper occupies an elevated promontory, washed on the north by the Charente and on the south and west by the Anguienne, a small tributary of that river.
The district of Bugey occupies the triangle formed by the Rhone in the south-east of the department.
