Selection of the most beautiful monuments in New Aquitaine

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
87600 Rochechouart

The Château de Rochechouart, built in the 13th century and redesigned in the 15th and 16th centuries, dominates the eponymous town of New Aquitaine. This historic monument, former fief of the Viscounts of Rochechouart, now houses a museum of contemporary art and Renaissance frescoes.

Romanesque Church
87200 Saint-Junien

The collegiate Saint-Junien, a 12th century Romanesque building rebuilt in the 15th century, stands in Saint-Junien, New Aquitaine. Ranked in 1840, it houses a medieval tomb and exceptional Romanesque frescoes.

Paths of Compostela - Via Vézelay
87400 Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat

The Collège Saint-Léonard, a Romanesque building dating back to the 11th and 11th centuries in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), is listed as a historical monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the roads of Compostela.

Romanesque Church
87440 Les Salles-Lavauguyon

The church of Saint-Eutrope des Salles-Lavauguyon, a 12th and 13th century Romanesque building in Upper Vienna, houses 200 m2 of medieval frescoes classified as a historical monument since 1907.

Oven
87000 Limoges

The Casseaux oven, built at the end of the 19th century in Limoges, is an 80 m3 cylindrical porcelain oven, the last large round, overturned flame oven in France, classified as a historical monument and open to the public.

Station classified as MH
87000 Limoges

Limoges-Bénédictins station, an eclectic masterpiece of the 1920s, is a monumental railway station located in Limoges, New Aquitaine. Combining Art Déco, Art Nouveau and neo-classicism, it symbolizes the industrial development of the city and its central role in the French railway network.

Private hotel classified
87000 Limoges

The Maledent de Savignac de Feytiat Hotel, built in the early seventeenth century in Limoges, is a private hotel classified as a historical monument, now home to a site of the DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Menhirs
87520 Cieux

The Menhir de Ceinturat, located in Cieux en Haute-Vienne, is the largest megalith in this department, erected in Neolithic and listed as a historical monument since 1889.