Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Charente-Maritime

Fortin
17000 La Rochelle

The Fortin des Deux Moulins, built in the 18th century in La Rochelle, is a dread integrated into the medieval enclosure, classified as a historical monument in 1925.

Caserne
17300 Rochefort

The Latouche-Tréville barracks, a former 18th-century mansion in Rochefort, was transformed into a military barracks from 1787 to 1939. Ranked a historic monument in 1967, it illustrates the civil and military architecture of the region.

17480 au Château-d'Oléron

The citadel of Château-d'Oléron, built between 1630 and 1704, is a 17th century bastioned military structure located on the island of Oléron, Charente-Maritime, designed to defend the Atlantic coast and serve as a boarding point for New France.

Patrimoine défensif
17450 Fouras

The fort of the Aiguille, or dread of the Eguille, is a 17th century coastal fortification located in Fouras, New Aquitaine, designed to defend the entrance of the Charente against maritime invasions.

Fortification
17000 La Rochelle

The maritime fortifications of La Rochelle, built in the seventeenth century, incorporate medieval remains such as the Saint-Nicolas Tower and the Tower of the Chain, forming an emblematic defensive ensemble of the Atlantic port.

Patrimoine défensif
17123 Île-d'Aix

Fort Boyard, built in the 19th century on a sand bank between the island of Aix and the island of Oléron, is an emblematic maritime fortification of Charente-Maritime, transformed into a prison and became famous thanks to an international television game.

Arsenal
17320 Marennes-Hiers-Brouage

Brouage's fireworks and barracks, built in the 17th century at Marennes-Hiers-Brouage, form an emblematic military ensemble of New Aquitaine, linked to Rochefort's arsenal and coastal defence.

Fortification de Vauban
17560 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Fort Louvois, built at the end of the 17th century in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus in Charente-Maritime, is a maritime horse-iron fortress protecting the Rochefort arsenal, classified as a historic monument since 1929.