Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Charente-Maritime

Château fort
17620 Saint-Jean-d'Angle

The Château de Saint-Jean-d'Angle, built between the late 12th and 13th centuries, is a shell-like castle located in Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine, classified as a historical monument for its medieval defensive architecture.

Château fort
17270 Montguyon

The Château de Montguyon, a 11th century medieval fortress located in Montguyon in Charente-Maritime, overlooks a rocky spur. Ruined after a fire in 1793, he retained remains classified as his stables and restored ramparts.

Chemins de Compostelle - Voie de Tours
17470 Aulnay

The church of Saint-Pierre d'Aulnay, a 12th century Romanesque jewel in Charente-Maritime, is a major step on the roads of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and famous for its monumental sculpture and harmonious architecture.

Tour
17000 La Rochelle

The Tower of the Chain, built in the 14th century in La Rochelle, is an iconic fortified tower of the Old Port, classified as a historic monument in 1879. A symbol of medieval maritime defence, it controlled access to the port by means of a chain stretched towards the Saint-Nicolas Tower.

Marché
17200 Royan

The central market of Royan, a modernist building of the 1950s, is an emblematic monument of Charente-Maritime, famous for its shell-shaped concrete vault and innovative architecture.

Art roman saintongeais
17500 Jonzac

The Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais church of Jonzac, a Romanesque Romanesque building of the 12th and 15th centuries, is distinguished by its adorned facade and its history marked by the wars of Religion. Located in Charente-Maritime, it houses a Merovingian cemetery discovered in 2009.

Tour
17250 Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult

The Isleau Tower, a 12th century feudal vestige in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult, New Aquitaine, is a 17-metre square dungeon, an ancient military monument overlooking the surrounding marshes.

Phare classé MH
17590 Saint-Clément-des-Baleines

The Baleines Lighthouse, built in the 19th century on the island of Ré, is an emblematic lighthouse of Saint-Clément-des-Baleines in New Aquitaine, still active and classified as a historic monument.