Port-Notre-Dame Chapel en Charente-Maritime

Origin and history

The chapel Port-Notre-Dame is a religious monument located in the commune of Sainte-Marie-de-Ré, on the island of Ré. The available sources do not specify its period of construction, nor its detailed history, making it a building that is still historically mysterious. Chapels of this type, often linked to local life, served as places of worship, assembly or protection for communities.

On the island of Re, these buildings generally reflected the importance of religion in daily life, as well as the role of maritime and agricultural activities in the social organization of the time.