Castles in the Deux-Sèvres

Château de style Renaissance
79160 Coulonges-sur-l'Autize

The castle of Coulonges-sur-l'Autize, a 16th century Renaissance building located in the Deux-Sèvres, illustrates Poitevin architecture with its preserved wings and historical chapel. Today, it is a town hall that bears witness to a rich royal and religious past.

Château
79600 Airvault

Airvault Castle, built between the 13th and 14th centuries, is a medieval castle located in Airvault, New Aquitaine, overlooking the Thouet Valley with its classified remains and fortified enclosure.

Château
79220 Sainte-Ouenne

The Château du Gazeau, built in the 15th century in Sainte-Ouenne (Deux-Sèvres), was a relay for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Today, partially in ruins, it preserves a chapel and a historic gallery.

Château de style Classique
79100 Oiron

Oiron Castle, a Renaissance and classical 16th-17th century building located in Oiron, New Aquitaine, was built by the Gouffier family and listed as a historic monument in 1923. Today owned by the State, it houses a collection of contemporary art in a preserved architectural setting.

Château fort
79380 Saint-André-sur-Sèvre

The castle of Saint-Mesmin, a 14th-17th century medieval fortress in Saint-André-sur-Sèvre (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), combines military and residential architecture, with dungeon, hexagonal enclosure and moat dried up in the 18th century.

Château fort
79350 Amailloux

Tennessus Castle, built in the 14th and 15th centuries, is a castle surrounded by moats located in Amailloux, New Aquitaine, now transformed into guest rooms.

79160 Beugnon-Thireuil

The Château de Bois-Chapeleau, located in Beugnon-Thireuil, New Aquitaine, is a historic monument listed in 2023. This castle, located in the Deux-Sèvres, is protected in its entirety.

Château
79330 Glénay

Glénay Castle, built between the late 15th and early 16th centuries in Glénay (Deux-Sèvres), is a rare testimony of medieval-Renaissance transition architecture, dominated by a polygonal tower unique in France.