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Les Essards Destination Guide

Touring Les Essards in France

Les Essards in the region of Poitou-Charentes with its 530 citizens is a city located in France - some 257 mi or ( 413 km ) South-West of Paris , the country's capital city .

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Time in Les Essards is now 01:01 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Varzay, Trizay, Tonnay-Charente, Thenac, and Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult. Being here already, consider visiting Varzay . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Les Essards ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Jardins du Château de la Roche-Courbon

1:11 min by Guizmoo51
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Jardins à la Française ..

Gite des Roses Trémières - Ferme d'Anecuit - France - Poitou Charente Maritime - Soulignonnes

0:59 min by TBRikTube
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Plus d'Informations : www.anecuit.fr Vidéo Réalisée par www.tb-rik.com La Chaine tb-rik www.youtube.com Au coeur de la Saintonge Romane, à Soulignonnes, dans le département de la Charente-Maritime, "L ..


Gite des Tournesols - Ferme d'Anecuit - France - Poitou Charente - Charente Maritime - Soulignonnes

0:54 min by TBRikTube
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Plus d'Informations : www.anecuit.fr Vidéo Réalisée par www.tb-rik.com La Chaine tb-rik www.youtube.com Au coeur de la Saintonge Romane, à Soulignonnes, dans le département de la Charente-Maritime, "L ..

rides

3:48 min by itangkim
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fun rides in disneyland ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Château de la Roche Courbon

Château de la Roche Courbon is a large château, developed from an earlier castle, in the Charente-Maritime département of France. It is in the commune of Saint-Porchaire between Saintes and Rochefort. Its name is just as frequently written Château de la Rochecourbon. The château is privately owned, and classified as an historic monument. The garden is listed by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Notable Gardens of France.

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Located at 45.84 -0.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Castles in Poitou-Charentes, Châteaux in Charente-Maritime, Gardens in Charente-Maritime, Historic house museums in Poitou-Charentes, Museums in Charente-Maritime, Official historical monuments of France

Château de Taillebourg

The Château de Taillebourg is a ruined castle from the medieval era. It is built on a rocky outcrop, overlooking the village of Taillebourg and the valley of the Charente River, in the Charente-Maritime department of France. It commanded a very strategic position and was therefore the focus of much conflict throughout the medieval era. It featured in several episodes of the Hundred Years' War and the Saintonge War before that.

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Located at 45.83 -0.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Charente, Castles in Poitou-Charentes, Ruins in Poitou-Charentes

Saintonge

Saintonge is a small region and historical province on the Atlantic coast of France within the département Charente-Maritime, west and south of Charente in the administrative region of Poitou-Charentes. It derives its name from the ancient Gallic tribe of the Santones who lived in this area, around the current city of Saintes. The Saintonge was the center of the French Huguenots.

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Located at 45.75 -0.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Former provinces of France, French pottery, Geography of Charente, Geography of Charente-Maritime, History of Poitou-Charentes, Santones

Mediolanum Santonum

Mediolanum Santonum was a Roman town of southwestern Gaul, now Saintes. It was founded in about 20 BC in connection with an expansion of the network of Roman roads serving Burdigala. The name means "the central town of the Santones", the tribe that then inhabited the area; the town became an important center in the Roman province of Aquitania.

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Located at 45.75 -0.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Populated places established in the 1st century BC, Roman towns and cities in France, Santones

Saintes Cathedral

Saintes Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Saintes) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, in Saintes. It was formerly the seat of the Bishop of Saintes, abolished under the Concordat of 1801, when its territory was reallocated, mostly to the Diocese of La Rochelle. The previous cathedral was built here in the 12th century. Little remains of this building apart from a Romanesque arm and the crossing of the transept. The cloisters date from the 13th century.

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Located at 45.74 -0.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Basilica churches in France, Churches in Charente-Maritime, Former cathedrals in France