The castle of Jonzac is located in the town of Jonzac in the department of Charente-Maritime in France. The castle, with the châtelet and towers, has been classified as a historic monument since 3 May 1913.
In 1073, the castle already existed; the first known lord was Guillaume de la Rochandry at the beginning of the …
MoreThe Usson castle (Fr. Le château des énigmes – Château d’Usson) in Charente-Maritime, France. The Château d’Usson or Château des Égretaux is located to the south-east of the town of Pons in Charente-Maritime. Under the name of Château des Énigmes, it is currently operated as an amusement park on the theme of pirates.
William Augereau, owner …
MoreThe Tréméac castle (Fr. Château de Tréméac). The old manor of Tréméac, property of the Le Pourceau family from Rolivaud.
Residence of a former mayor (from 1817 to 1826) of the municipality of Escoublac: Louis Jean Marie Le Pourceau de Tréméac (1753-1826), former infantry captain, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis.
He is …
MoreThe citadel of Château-d’Oléron is a military structure built from 1630 to 1704 to protect the southern part of the island of Oléron. It is one of the main historical monuments of the town of Château-d’Oléron, in the department of Charente-Maritime, in southwestern France.
The citadel succeeds an old fortified castle that fell into disuse at …
MoreChâteau de la Roche Courbon is a large château, developed from an earlier castle, in the Charente-Maritime département of France. Located about 20 minutes by car from Rochefort.
History
Under the current castle, there are caves whose prehistoric furnishings show that they were inhabited during the Mousterian (- 120,000 years), Aurignacian (- 40,000 years) and Magdalenian …
MoreThe Fort de Fouras or Semaphore de Fouras is the medieval fortified castle in Fouras, a small town located in Aunis in the Charente-Maritime department.
It is also improperly referred to in tourist brochures as Fort Vauban, although most of its construction predates Vauban’s intervention.
History
The mouth of the Charente represents a strategic site and …
MoreThe castle of Crazannes (fr. Château de Crazannes), in Crazannes, in Charente-Maritime, classified as a historic monument in 1913, is one of the oldest castles in Charente-Maritime. Its construction began in the fourteenth century on the site of an old medieval fortress from the eleventh century, of which the chapel, the moat and the keep …
MorePanloy castle (fr. Château de Panloy) is located in Port-d’Envaux in Charente-Maritime. The castle has belonged to the same family since its construction, it has never been sold, therefore its interior and furniture are authentic. It is still inhabited by the same descendants, those of the House of Grailly and more particularly by Jean de …
MoreNieul-lès-Saintes castle (fr. The Château de Nieul) is located in Nieul-lès-Saintes, in Charente-Maritime. Jeanne de Parthenay inherited the land from Nieul in 1370, and it was her husband, Jean Chaudrier (or Jehan Chaudrier), an ancestor of Ronsard, who built this fortified castle. The castle was sold as national property in 1793, and was shared between …
MoreThe Montreuil-Bellay castle (fr. Château de Montreuil-Bellay) is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the site of a Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet River. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
The first citadel …
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