Cloche (French for "bell") or la cloche (French for "the bell") may refer to: *

Armoured cloche The Maginot Line (french: Ligne Maginot, ), named after the Minister of the Armed Forces (France), French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by French Third Republic, F ...

, bell-shaped turrets of the Maginot Line * ''Battement en cloche'', a classical ballet movement * Bell (instrument), especially in music directions * Cloche (agriculture), a covering for protecting plants from cold temperatures *

Cloche (tableware) A cloche (from the French for "bell") is a tableware cover, sometimes made out of silver though commercially available as glass, stoneware, marble, or other materials. They often resemble a bell, hence the name. See also *Tableware *Masonry oven ...

, a silver dish cover * Cloche hat, a close-fitting women's hat *

Cloche Leythal Pastalia ''Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia'', released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Gust Corporation for the PlayStation 2 and originally published by Banpresto in 2006. There are other media releases based on the game, includin ...

, a character in videogame ''Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica''

People

Antonin Cloche Antonin Cloche (1628–1720) was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1686 to 1720. Early biography Antonin Cloche was from a rich French family. Formation Cloche entered the Dominican Order in the Province of Toulouse. Career Under the ...

(died 1720), Master of the Order of Preachers from 1686 to 1720 *

James de la Cloche James de la Cloche (1644–1669; unattested dates) is an alleged would-be-illegitimate son of Charles II of England who would have first joined a Jesuit seminary and then gave up his habit to marry a Neapolitan woman. His existence has not been ...

(1644?–1669?), an alleged would-be-illegitimate son of Charles II of England * Maurice Cloche (1907–1990), French film director and producer *

Robert Cloche de La Malmaison Georges Robert Cloche de Mont-Saint-Rémy de La Malmaison (died 1 May 1717) was a French soldier and colonial administrator who was governor of Guadeloupe from 1705 until his death in 1717. In 1713–15 he was acting governor general of the Frenc ...

(died 1717), French governor of Guadeloupe

Places

* La Cloche Mountains, also called La Cloche Range, mountain range in Northern Ontario, Canada * La Cloche Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada * Fort La Cloche, historic Hudson's Bay Company post in Northern Ontario, Canada