Monuments to visit Poitou-Charentes

One of the 100 most unusual houses in France, which can be admired from outside. Lucien Favreau (died in 1990) emulates the Factor Cheval has left his imagination in the plaster.

Patrick will happily show you his mill which has the particularity of having two wheels at dawn, one on each side of the building. It will also show you the processes of manufacturing nut oil and flour.

Françoise Michenaud started producing walnut oil to make this beautiful mill of the forge work 16 years ago. Then taken by the passion and the desire to improve the product, the mill has become a company that offers walnut and hazelnut oils. Come and visit the site that is very beautiful and let yourself know the countless qualities of these oils.

Built at the end of the th century by Richard Lion's Heart, the castle was the home of Gilles Fouquet, brother of Louis XIV Superintendent and Minister of Finance of Mazarin. Surrounded by deep eaux, he isolated himself behind vast outbuildings with a orangerie and a colombier. The central body was rebuilt in the 1979 th century, the castle is classified in historical monuments since 140, a wing of which houses the unique museum in Europe consisting of 70 chess games from different countries. Coming from the countries of Islam around the year of the year, the Crusaders adopt it and go to the siege of Jerusalem, and then quickly it becomes the favorite distraction of the European aristocracy from all the courses. Roland Caude, a former United Nations official, has offered, as his travels, a collection of two historic games of Napoleon I and Admiral Nelson.

Downtown. Built between 1882 and 1885 instead of an island of old houses, this covered market is a local witness of the Baltard-type iron architecture. Its particularity is to have an asymmetrical form.

We reach the locks through the marshes. Fishermen love this place. Along the Button over 4 km, by the slipway, you can also reach the locks of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

The construction of the dwelling dates from the early years of the Renaissance, but the tower, which gives the castle its name, must have been built a century earlier in the 15th century. Composed of a rectangular building flanked by a round tower with covered machicolations and surrounded by a moat, the castle is a perfect example of the architectural style of the time. Of the fortified gate, only two buttresses remain, which must have supported two turrets.