The 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 …
MoreNiort (fr. Niort) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.
The city belongs to the Regional Natural Park of the Marais Poitevin, a vast wetland spread over the three departments of Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.
Its economy is mainly based on the tertiary sector (insurance, banks, assistance, IT and financial consultant, mail order sales, …
MoreChâtelaillon-Plage is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Today this Atlantic resort combines the retro charm of a « Belle Epoque » and a XXI century modernity.
It is located between the city of Rochefort and the city of La Rochelle.
From the history prior to the nineteenth century, there are still a few …
MoreThouars (fr. Thouars) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.
Thouars has been awarded the 4-star flower town and town of art and history label.
Tourism and attractions
Main tourist spot of the city is the Castle of …
MoreRonce-les-Bains (Fr. Ronce-les-Bains) is a residential area of the town of La Tremblade, in the department of Charente-Maritime and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. This small seaside resort is located in the far north of Royannais, in the western part of the Arvert peninsula, on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean (Mer des Pertuis) and the Seudre …
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