2025
OIRON CASTLE
Plaine-Et-Vallées
Castles to visit
3.3/5
(3 reviews)
The history of Château d'Oiron, the work of the Gouffier family, began in ...Read more
2025
ROMAN BRIDGE
Saint-Généroux
Works of art to see
4/5
(1 review)
Impossible to miss: The fripon is in front of the church, slowing down the ...Read more
2025
CHÂTEAU DE JAVARZAY
Chef-Boutonne
Castles to visit
4/5
(1 review)
This listed monument, built by François de Rochechouart around 1515 on the ...Read more
2025
CHATEAU DE CHERVEUX
Cherveux
Castles to visit
4/5
(1 review)
A small jewel, this château was rebuilt in 1470 by the Scotsman Robert ...Read more
2025
THE UNDERGROUND FOUNTAIN
Airvault
Fountains to see
3.5/5
(2 reviews)
A few meters from the Saint-Pierre church, the old public fountain is ...Read more
2025
PRINCE OF WALES'S TOUR
Thouars
Towers to visit
3.5/5
(2 reviews)
The so-called Prince of Wales tower was built at the end of the th century. ...Read more
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CASTLE OF THE DUKES OF LA TRÉMOÏLLE
Thouars
Castles to visit
3/5
(2 reviews)
Commissioned by Duke Henry de La Trémoïlle and his wife Marie de La Tour ...Read more
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WALLED CASTLE
Echiré
Castles to visit
3/5
(1 review)
Without doubt one of the most romantic walks on the banks of the Sèvre and ...Read more
2025
CHÂTEAU FORT DU COUDRAY-SALBART
Echiré
Castles to visit
3/5
(1 review)
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Closed
- Open to 14h00
The fairy Melusine is said to have built "her castle" in three nights, ...Read more
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THE GREETING
Niort
Castles to visit
3/5
(1 review)
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Open
- Close in 8 minutes
Emblematic monument of the city, one of the last vestiges of the medieval ...Read more
2025
THE DWELLING OF HERCULES
Niort
Mansion to visit
It was in this ancient tavern of the sixteenth century that the tragic ...Read more
2025
RAIMBAULT MILL
Beauvoir-Sur-Niort
Monuments to visit
This superb 17th-century windmill is the only working one in the southern ...Read more
2025
THE UNDERGROUND DOVECOTE
Tourtenay
Monuments to visit
A listed historic monument, this troglodyte dovecote is the only specimen ...Read more
2025
THE ROSE BRIDGE
Melle
Works of art to see
An eight-metre metal bridge in an arc, without pillars, in the middle of ...Read more
2025
THE DWELLING OF THE FOREST
Sainte-Verge
Monuments to visit
The Logis de la Forêt, near Sainte-Verge, built at the site of the old ...Read more
2025
DEPARTMENTAL ARCHIVES
Niort
Public buildings to visit
All year round, you will be able to visit the departmental archives and ...Read more
2025
THE MAGNETIC DRAWBRIDGE
Magné
Works of art to see
This bridge bridge was built in 1855. It is one of the five bridges of ...Read more
2025
CASTLE AND GARDEN OF THE SAYETTE
Vasles
Castles to visit
Magnificent 15th century fortified house, this castle has been a family ...Read more