Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Charente

Hôtel de ville
16000 Angoulême

The Town Hall of Angoulême, a 19th-century public building, incorporates the medieval remains of the Comtal Castle (XIII and XV centuries) and dominates the upper town with its monumental belfry and eclectic style.

Couvent
16110 La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois

The Convent of the Carmelites of La Rochefoucauld, founded in the 14th century in La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois in New Aquitaine, is an ancient medieval monastery marked by renovations in the 19th and 20th centuries, now partially classified as a historical monument.

Château de style néo-Renaissance
16320 Magnac-Lavalette-Villars

The Château de la Mercerie, located in Magnac-Lavalette-Villars in New Aquitaine, is a neo-Gothic and Renaissance Italian building, enlarged in the 20th century by the Rethoné brothers, nicknamed the 'Versailles Charentais'.

Eglise troglodyte
16390 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne

The monolithic church Saint-Jean d'Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, dug in a cliff from the 7th century, is a troglodytic jewel enlarged in the 12th century by Benedictine monks. Located in Charente, it is one of the largest rock churches in Europe.

Château de style Renaissance
16110 La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois

The Château de La Rochefoucauld, a 16th century Renaissance jewel in La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), combines 11th century medieval donjon and Italian galleries unique in France, witness to 10 centuries of uninterrupted family history.

Théâtre gallo-romain
16170 Saint-Cybardeaux

The Gallo-Roman theatre of the Bouchauds, built in the 1st and 2nd centuries, is the largest of Aquitaine (105 m in diameter). Located in Saint-Cybardeaux (Charente), it dominates a Celtic sanctuary and a crossroads of Roman roads, illustrating Gallo-Roman religious syncretism.

Château fort
16320 Villebois-Lavalette

The Château de Villebois-Lavalette, built between the 12th and 13th century in Villebois-Lavalette, New Aquitaine, is a medieval fortress transformed into an aristocratic residence in the 17th century, combining medieval ramparts and classical architecture.

Dolmens
16100 Saint-Brice

The Dolmen de Garde-Épée, built in the Neolithic at Saint-Brice (Charente), is a listed megalithic monument, composed of slabs in grey sandstone forming a rectangular burial chamber of 5 m long.