Fort St. Jean-Baptiste
Note the coq gallois (Gallic cock) weathervane on the church spire, and the decorative roof finials, common features of all French colonial communities in North America.
Peering over the fort palisade, one can see a wood shingle roof on the left, and two bark-covered roofs with projecting decorative finials. Atop the belfry is a Gallic cock weathervane, still visible on churches throughout France.
For more information, link to: https://www.lastateparks.com/historic-sites/fort-st-jean-baptiste-state-historic-site
To read about Natchitoches and other sites of interest in northwestern Louisiana,
see:
1996 Annual Report for the Los Adaes Station Archaeology Program, by George Avery (Department of Social Sciences, Northeastern State University of
Louisiana, Natchitoches,1996).
Analysis of Ceramics from Three Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Sites in the Locale
of Natchitoches, Louisiana, by James H. Matthews (M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern State
University, Natchitoches, Louisiana 1993).