Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Poitou-Charente

Renaissance style castle
86600 Sanxay

The Château de Marconnay, built between the 15th and 17th centuries in Sanxay, New Aquitaine, combines Gothic and Renaissance styles, surrounded by moat and classified as a historical monument since 1929 and 2005.

Castle
86470 Montreuil-Bonnin

Montreuil-Bonnin Castle is a historic monument located in the municipality of Montreuil-Bonnin, New Aquitaine, in the department of Vienna.

Renaissance style castle
86300 Bonnes

The castle of Touffou, built between the 12th and 16th centuries in Bonnes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, combines Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance architecture on the banks of Vienna. Ranked a historic monument, it dominates a park labeled 'Remarkable Garden'.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
86300 Chauvigny

Harcourt Castle, built between the 13th and 15th centuries in Chauvigny (Nouveau-Aquitaine), is a medieval castle remarkable for its rectangular dungeon and courties flanked by cylindrical turrets, bearing witness to the defensive architecture of the period.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
86120 Les Trois-Moutiers

The Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers, built in the 13th century in Les Trois-Moutiers in New Aquitaine, is a medieval castle rebuilt in the 19th century, surrounded by water like Azay-le-Rideau, today undergoing collective restoration.

Romanesque Church
86000 Poitiers

Notre-Dame-la-Grande is a Romanesque collegial church of the 11th-XIIth century in Poitiers, famous for its carved facade and interior paintings, masterpiece of Poitevin religious art.

Romanesque art saintongeais
86400 Civray

The church of Saint-Nicolas de Civray, a 12th century Romanesque jewel in New Aquitaine, is distinguished by its carved facade and Latin cross plan. Ranked in 1840, she embodied Poitevin art in Civray (Vienna).

Romanesque Church
86300 Chauvigny

The collegiate Saint-Pierre de Chauvigny, built in the 1st quarter of the 12th century, is an ancient Romanesque church located in Vienna, New Aquitaine, famous for its carved capitals and medieval architecture.