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European Heritage Days: Saint-Louis Church

Located in the heart of Rochefort, Saint-Louis Church is opening its doors to mark European Heritage Days. Listed as a historic monument, this building exemplifies 18th-century religious architecture in all its majestic simplicity. ‘Stabat Mater’ concert performed by the vocal and instrumental en...

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Beauty in Women's Hearts

From 19 until 20 September

A weekend dedicated to beauty, wellbeing, fashion, creativity and all things feminine. Come and meet passionate professionals and exhibitors, discover their products and expertise, have a chat, get some advice and find lovely ideas for looking after yourself and treating yourself. Whether you’re...

Port-des-Barques

European Heritage Days: Educational Carrelet

From 19 until 20 September

The fishing huts of Charente-Maritime have been part of our landscape and our maritime heritage for decades. Their large numbers and distinctive shape have a profound impact on the identity of the coastline. Above all, the ‘carrelet’ is a fishing technique that is very environmentally friendly. The...

Fouras

Pierre Loti Exhibition: From Writer to Ship

From 16 until 22 September

As part of Mobility Week and the European Heritage Days (16 to 22 September 2026), the Fouras–Île d’Aix ferry service is organising an exhibition tracing the history of crossings between the island and the mainland, as well as an exhibition on the ship Pierre Loti and its connection to the writer of...

Fouras

Exhibition : Ne perdons pas le Nord

From 1 until 30 September

These photographs were taken during an expedition with friends aboard the Northabout, a legendary sailing yacht that set out from La Rochelle on a journey of several weeks to the world's northernmost archipelago: Svalbard, just 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole. How much longer will we be able...

Rochefort

Demonstration - glass art bead making

From 10 until 30 September , ...

Discover how to make glass art beads! The Ateliers d'Art de France-accredited Atelier du 5 offers free demonstrations of its skills. The bead-maker presents a glass rod to the flame. The molten glass, which has become pasty, is wrapped around a metal mandrel, which has been pre-soaked in a separa...

Fouras

Street market in Rochefort

From 2 January until 31 December

All year round: A family history with the Rochefort region. For more than 3 centuries, the 4 seasons market and the fish, shellfish and seafood market have been the meeting place of the inhabitants. Built in 1672, the market halls had a framework with remarkable characteristics for the time. In 1...

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Street market in Fouras les Bains

From 1 January until 31 December

A family history with the Pays Rochefortais. For more than 3 centuries, the 4 seasons market and the fish, shellfish and crustacean market have been the meeting place for fourasins, tourists and curists. Fouras has a covered market and a fish market. From September 1st to June 30th, small fair in th...

Fouras

Exhibition: Fort Boyard in XXL size

From 1 January until 31 December

A one-tenth scale structure has been installed for three years in front of the Media Library, featuring photo panels detailing the history, damage, and necessary restoration work on Fort Boyard.

Fouras

Exhibition: When the Navy was at its height: imagining the town of Rochefort (1666–1785)

From 1 June until 31 December

Founded in 1666 by Louis XIV in a natural environment as delicate as it was hostile, the Rochefort arsenal immediately began to develop an extraordinary architectural complex along the river. To support it, a new town with a regular layout took shape a little later, in the background. The result of...

Rochefort

It's not all doom and gloom: Metal in life and death

From 19 September until 2 January 2027

Since its origins, the metal scene has maintained an intense dialogue with the primitive forces that run through human existence: nature, untamed and cyclical, and death, inevitable and mysterious. Far from being mere aesthetic motifs, these themes constitute a symbolic language deeply rooted in the...

Rochefort

European Heritage Day: Dry dock

On Sunday 20 Sep

An integral part of the former naval arsenal’s heritage, Rochefort can pride itself on being a veritable laboratory of ship repair techniques from the 17th to the 19th centuries. These structures were listed as historic monuments in 1988 and 1989. Cleared of their dry-dock basins in the 1990s, they...

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European Heritage Days: Saint-Louis Church

Beauty in Women's Hearts

European Heritage Days: Educational Carrelet

Pierre Loti Exhibition: From Writer to Ship

Exhibition : Ne perdons pas le Nord

Demonstration - glass art bead making

Street market in Rochefort

Street market in Fouras les Bains

Exhibition: Fort Boyard in XXL size

Exhibition: When the Navy was at its height: imagining the town of Rochefort (1666–1785)

It's not all doom and gloom: Metal in life and death

European Heritage Day: Dry dock

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