Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Vendée

Dolmens
85560 Le Bernard

The dolmen of the Pierre Folle du Plessis, located at the Bernard in Vendée, is a megalithic monument dated to the Neolithic, classified as Historic Monument since 1929.

Dolmens
85560 Le Bernard

The Dolmen de la Frébouchere, known as Pierre-Couverte, is a megalithic monument of Neolithic located in Bernard (Vendée), classified as a historical monument in 1889. This dolmen angevin, with corridor and rectangular chamber, bears witness to ancient funeral practices.

Dolmens
85560 Le Bernard

The Dolmen de la Cour du Breuil, located at the Bernard in Vendée, is a megalithic monument of the Neolithic listed Historical Monument since 1978.

Templar Commandery
85300 Challans

The Coudrie Commanderie, founded in the 12th century in Challans (Vendée), is an ancient Templar Commanderie classified as a historical monument, marked by its rectangular church and flat bedside typical of Temple architecture.

Castle
85110 Sigournais

The Château-Neuf de Sigournais, built in the early 19th century, is a neo-classical residence located in Sigournais in Vendée, replacing an ancient medieval castle destroyed in 1793.

Castle
85440 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

The castle of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, a medieval fortress of the 11th-XVIth centuries, dominates the vendean coast in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire (Pays de la Loire). Former seat of a principality, it was dismantled in the seventeenth century by Richelieu.

Castle
85110 Sigournais

The castle of Sigournais, built at the end of the 15th century in Sigournais in Vendée, is a medieval castle with pentagonal architecture, surrounded by dry ditches and equipped with an iconic dungeon-porch, classified as a historical monument since 1992.

Castle
85600 Montaigu-Vendée

The former castle of Montaigu, built between the 15th and 16th centuries in Montaigu-Vendée, was a medieval fortress with Romanesque dungeon and fortified enclosure, witness to the conflicts between Brittany and Poitou.