Art from the Flemish and Dutch schools, the French 17C and 18C schools and Saintonges ceramics from the 14C to the 19C are on display.

Local signs, an 18th century bedchamber with a «Duchess bed», a 19C kitchen, Louis XIV pannelling from the Château de Tonnay-Charente, maritime objects, local pottery, embroidered 18C clothes, a collection of beaded and sanded items.

Until 1843, this double archway stood on the main bridge. Then the bridge, also of Roman origin, was demolished and the arch seemed to be facing the same fate. Fortunately Mérimée was keeping an eye on it. It was decided to dismantle this municipal a..

The amphiteheatre owes a large part of its charm to the vegetation which has invaded the hillside tiers. This huge (126m x 102m) structure, created during the reign of Claudius in the early 1C, could accommodate around 15,000 spectators. From a crevi..

This 16C hospital is surrounded by flower-filled gardens overlooking the old quarter.

The masive bell-tower and Flamboyant portal distinguish the exterior of this Church, most of which was built in the 15C. The interior displays Gothic unity and simple, streamlined ornamention.

This old aldermanry has an 18C façade and a small 16C turret. The spiral staircase of the old belfry takes you to the Aldermanry Fine Arts Museum.

This building fronted by a porch with three arches houses the municipal library.

The second section of the Fine Arts Museum is dedicated to artists from the 19C onwards. Art known as exhibition painting (orientalists, neoclassical, academic and so on), landscape artists (from the Auguin studio), Sèvres porcelain and contemporary ..

This chapel has a Flamboyant window with an elegant design.

You can still see the caldarium, or hot room, the best preserved part of these baths. There is a fine view of the town from here.

Once the main street (Grand-Rue), it follows the path of the ancient road spanned by Germanicus Arch at the entrance to the bridge over the River Charente.

This 1605 residence was the dwelling of Le Berthon, president of the court. Today it houses the Fine Arts Museum.

Along the Charente River there is a long row of hanging gardens which adorn 17C and 18C dwellings, with fine wrought-iron work and balusters.

The museum has an interesting collection of Roman lapidary, including columns, capitals, architraves and bas-reliefs, and the rare metal remains of a ceremonial axe from the late 1C. Most of the objects were found when the Gallo-Roman castrum was des..

This old parade ground was abandoned by the army in 1924. It has now a public garden dotted with Roman relics.

Originally composed of a single nave and two superimposed choirs (so pilgrims to Saint James could be welcomed while monastic services continued), the church was altered in 1803, but the transept and old Romanesque choir with magnificent illuminated ..

Having previously sheltered young noblewomen, the abbey became a barracks. Disused and then rehabilitated, it is an abbey church in the Romanesque style of Saintonges, topped by a superb steeple and endowed with a fine portal delicately carved..

A guided tour about the life of prehistoric man. You can’t miss the huge grinding wheel from Grézac in the garden!

English and Anglo-Arab thoroughbreds and trotting horses, side by side with the most popular (but no less threatened by extinction) Breton, Percheron, Poitevin draft horses, not to mention the attractive Poitou donkeys.