Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Charente-Maritime

Tower
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.

Tower
17000 La Rochelle

The tower of La Lanterne, built in the 15th century in La Rochelle, is a vestige of medieval fortifications protecting the port, famous for its historic graffiti and its role as lighthouse and prison.

Tower
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.

Tower
17600 Saint-Sornin

The Tower of Broue is a 11th century Romanesque dungeon, vestige of a castle overlooking the former Gulf of Saintonge, located in Saint-Sornin in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Protestant Temple
17100 Saintes

The Protestant temple of Saintes, built in the early 20th century in this town of Charente-Maritime, combines neo-Roman, neo-Byzantine and art nouveau styles. Ranked a historic monument in 1998, it bears witness to a Protestant community active since the 16th century.

Protestant Temple
17200 Royan

The Protestant temple of Royan, a modernist building of the mid-20th century, stands in this town of New Aquitaine. Reconstructed after 1945, it combines concrete, stone and metal in a clean style emblematic of post-war architectural renewal.

Door of the Clock
17000 La Rochelle

La Porte de la Grosse Horloge, built in the 14th and 18th centuries in La Rochelle, is an ancient fortified gate transformed into an iconic belfry, classified as a historical monument in 1978.

Bridge
17300 Rochefort

The Rochefort ferry bridge, built at the beginning of the 20th century, is a unique metal work in France linking Rochefort and Échillais in Charente-Maritime. Ranked a historic monument, it symbolizes the bold engineering of the time to cross the Charente without hindering navigation.