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Sélection de 8 most beautiful monuments sur 32 en Vendée

Castle of Sigournais
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.
Former Castle of Montaigu
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.
Tower of Moricq of Angles
Tower
85750 Angles

The Moricq Tower is a 15th century medieval dungeon, the vestige of a castle located in Angles in Vendée, classified as a historical monument since 1915.
Maison de Georges Clemenceau in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard
Museum of Statemen and Presidents
85520 Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard

Georges Clemenceau's house in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard is an early 20th-century vendean farmhouse, classified as a historical monument, where the politician lived from 1919 to 1929, facing the Atlantic Ocean, now transformed into a museum preserving its furniture and impressionist gardens.
Saint Peter's Church of Cheftimes
Primitive Gothic art
85390 Cheffois

The church of Saint-Pierre de Cheftimes, religious building of the 13th and 15th centuries, stands in the commune of Vendean, combining medieval architecture and defensive elements unique in the Pays de la Loire.
Church of Saint-Nicolas des Magnils-Reigniers
Romanesque Church
85400 Les Magnils-Reigniers

The church of Saint-Nicolas des Magnils-Reigniers, a 12th-11th century Romanesque building located in Vendée, combines a Gothic bell tower and a 15th century bedside. Ranked a historic monument in 1906, it bears witness to a reconstruction after a Norman fire in 853.
Church of Our Lady of Fontenay-le-Comte
Flamboyant Gothic architecture
85200 Fontenay-le-Comte

The church of Notre-Dame de Fontenay-le-Comte, a flamboyant Gothic building dating from the 15th to the 16th century in Vendée, listed as a historical monument in 1862, dominates the ancient medieval city with its 83-metre bell tower.
Donjon de Bazoges-en-Pareds
Donjons
85390 Bazoges-en-Pareds

The Donjon de Bazoges-en-Pareds, built between the 12th and 16th centuries, is a 30-metre rectangular medieval donjon located in Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire. Symbol of seigneurial power, it combines defensive architecture with elements of appearance like carved chimneys and a round road adorned with 56 mâchicoulis.