Charente Maritime Collection

Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (early 20th century). Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642), French prelate and statesman

St. Martin de Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

Bicycle with basket and hollyhocks, Ars-en-Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Fort Boyard, near Ile d Oleron, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Harbour, Ars-en-Re, Ile de Re, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Hollyhocks lining a street, La Flotte, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

St. Martin, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

Assorted French cheeses on a market stall, La Flotte, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

The Vauban forteress, Saint Martin de Re, ile de RA, Poitou Charente, France
The Vauban forteress, gate of Campani, Saint Martin de Re, Ile de Re, Poitou Charente, Charente Maritime, France

Harbour and quayside, St. Martin-de-Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Harbour and quayside, St. Martin-de-Re, Ile de Re Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Harbour quayside, La Flotte, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

The harbour at Saint Martin de RA, Ile de RA, Poitou Charente, Charente Maritime, France
The harbour at Saint Martin de RA©, Ile de RA©, Poitou Charente, Charente Maritime, France

Vineyards in the Cognac area of France, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Open-air restaurant seating next to the ancient harbour at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

La Conche des Baleines beach, Ile de Re, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Dodo at The African Museum of the Island of Aix
A Dodo at The African Museum of the Island of Aix is a French museum located on the island of Aix in Charente-Maritime. Sharing the label museum of France with the nearby Napoleonic Museum

France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Charente-Maritime, Fouras, colourful stilt fishing huts on the Anse de Fouras

France, Poitou-Charentes Region, Charente-Maritime Department, La Rochelle, Old Port, Porte de la Grosse Horloge, city gate, dusk

Stilt fishing huts, Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

France, Poitou Charentes, La Rochelle, market, garlic

Bateau de Peche, La Rochelle, (oil on canvas)
657452 Bateau de Peche, La Rochelle, (oil on canvas) by Hankey, William Lee (1869-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bateau de Peche, La Rochelle. William Lee Hankey (1869-1952). Oil on canvas

La Rochelle, 1923 (tempera on gesso prepared linen laid on panel)
657368 La Rochelle, 1923 (tempera on gesso prepared linen laid on panel) by Wadsworth, Edward Alexander (1889-1949); 63.4x88.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: La Rochelle)

Port de la Rochelle, 1896 (oil on canvas)
825227 Port de la Rochelle, 1896 (oil on canvas) by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919); 20.7x32.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Port de la Rochelle. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Tuna Boat Entering the Port of La Rochelle, Setting; Le Thonier Entrant dans le Port de
656712 Tuna Boat Entering the Port of La Rochelle, Setting; Le Thonier Entrant dans le Port de La Rochelle, Couchant, 1927 (oil on canvas) by Signac

La Rochelle: Boats (w / c on paper)
BRN197728 La Rochelle: Boats (w/c on paper) by Signac, Paul (1863-1935); The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; eBarnes Foundation; French, out of copyright

La Rochelle: Boats and Houses (w / c on paper)
BRN197737 La Rochelle: Boats and Houses (w/c on paper) by Signac, Paul (1863-1935); The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boutique in the Old Porch; La Boutique de Vieux Porche, 1923 (oil on canvas)
1765147 Boutique in the Old Porch; La Boutique de Vieux Porche, 1923 (oil on canvas) by Le Sidaner, Henri Eugene Augustin (1862-1939); 81.3x100.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

La Port de la Rochelle, 1927 (watercolour over black chalk on paper)
825468 La Port de la Rochelle, 1927 (watercolour over black chalk on paper) by Signac, Paul (1863-1935); 28.2x45.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: La Port de la Rochelle. Paul Signac (1863-1935)

Rainbow at the Port of La Rochelle; Arc-en-ciel, La Rochelle, le Port
1196441 Rainbow at the Port of La Rochelle; Arc-en-ciel, La Rochelle, le Port, 1912 (oil on canvas) by Signac, Paul (1863-1935); 71x100 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French

La Rochelle, 1890. Creator: Unknown
La Rochelle, 1890. La Rochelle harbour on the Bay of Biscay of the Atlantic Ocean opens into a protected strait, the Pertuis d Antioche. A centre for the Huguenots from 1558

Rows of racks used in oyster farming at high tide, Isle de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, July 2017

Wounded French Soldiers - Saintes, France
WW1 - Wounded French Soldiers at Saintes - a commune and historic town in southwestern France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Date: 1914

Poitou donkey (Equus africanus asinus) with shaggy coat on the island Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France

La Rochelle. Map of the city on the Atlantic. 16th century
La Rochelle. Map of the city on the Atlantic. Sixteenth-century engraving by Jollain

Ships at La Rochelle, France, in 1372, c1804 (1906). A depiction of the naval Battle of La Rochelle from the Chronicle of Jean Froissart

A corner of the Turkish Room, c1895, (1903). Artist: E Montastier
A corner of the Turkish Room, c1895, (1903). A photograph inside Pierre Lotis (1850-1923) house in Rochefort, France. The Turkish drawing room

Siege of La Rochelle, France, 1627 (1882-1884). During the Renaissance, La Rochelle adopted Protestant ideas, and from 1568 became a centre for the Huguenots

City Hall in La Rochelle, France, 1882-1884. Artist: Smeeton
City Hall in La Rochelle, France, 1882-1884. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Siege of La Rochelle, 1898. Artist: Hildirbrand
Siege of La Rochelle, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

The Port Of Rochefort, (1885). Based on an original drawing by Joseph Vernet. Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

The Siege of La Rochelle in October 1628, early 18th century. Artist: Arnold Frans Rubens
The Siege of La Rochelle in October 1628, early 18th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

Scene seven, the rescue, from the play Maitre D Armes, Port of Saint-Martin, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Scene seven, the rescue, from the play Maitre D Armes, Port of Saint-Martin, 1892. A play by Jules Mary and Georges Grisier. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 29th October 1892

The Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (20th century). During the Renaissance, La Rochelle adopted Protestant ideas, and from 1568 became a centre for the Huguenots

Yacht at marina by Quai de La Criee in the islands principal western town, Ars en Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Hotel Senechal on Rue Gambetta in the islands principal western town. Ars en Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Oysters (huitres) ready to eat, thousands of tons of the shellfish are grown annually here, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Waterways and cracked mud in the salt marshes of the islands west, near Le Griveau, Ars en Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

White grapes on a vine near the salt marshes of the islands north west coast, Le Gillieux, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Marina at Quai de La Criee in the islands principal western town, Ars en Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Cyclist on Rue Lamathe in the islands principal western town, Ars en Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

View east from Le Phare des Baleines (Lighthouse of the Whales) at west tip of the island, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

The old Phare des Baleines (Lighthouse of the Whales) dating from 1682, and museum, on west tip of the island, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Boats moored in the entrance to Fier d Ars by the beach at La Patache, Les Portes-en-Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Fishing boats and yachts in the quays at this north coast town, Saint Martin de Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Yachts moored at the Quai de Bernonville in this north coast town, Saint Martin de Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Ms. 988 T. III fol. 42 Map of the environs of the town and castle of Oleron
XIR694797 Ms. 988 T. III fol. 42 Map of the environs of the town and castle of Oleron, from the Atlas of Louis XIV (pen, ink and gouache on paper) by Vauban

Siege of Ile de Re with the representation of the Royal army, 1622 (engraving)
XIR661424 Siege of Ile de Re with the representation of the Royal army, 1622 (engraving) by French School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; Giraudon; French, out of copyright

Ms 4418 T II carte 16, Plan of the Citadel of l Isle d Oleron, Recueil des
XIR661427 Ms 4418 T II carte 16, Plan of the Citadel of l Isle d Oleron, Recueil des Plans des Places de France, 1676 (pencil & w/c on paper) by French School

Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Re on 27th October 1622, Ile de Re (engraving)
XIR661423 Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Re on 27th October 1622, Ile de Re (engraving) by French School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Rocks at Vallieres, near Royan (oil on canvas)
XIR37346 The Rocks at Vallieres, near Royan (oil on canvas) by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); 30x46 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

View of La Rochelle (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR280172 View of La Rochelle (engraving) (b/w photo) by Mariette, Pierre Jean (1694-1774); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Vue; chez Pierre Mariette)

Plan of the town of La Rochelle, 1736 (w / c on paper)
XIR226081 Plan of the town of La Rochelle, 1736 (w/c on paper) by French School, (18th century); Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, France; French, out of copyright

Atlas 131 H f. 1 Map of Bas Poitou, Pays d Aunis and Saintonge, from Recueil
XIR172609 Atlas 131 H f.1 Map of Bas Poitou, Pays d Aunis and Saintonge, from Recueil des Plans du Bas Poitou et de l Aunis (engraving) (b/w photo) by Masse, Claude (1652-1737); Min

Plan of the Town and Port of Rochefort, 1724 (coloured engraving)
XIR160422 Plan of the Town and Port of Rochefort, 1724 (coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, France; French, out of copyright

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Departement of Charente-Maritime, France, Relief Map
Relief map of the departement of Charente-Maritime, France. It includes the islands of Ile de Re, Ile d Aix and Ile d Oleron

Departement of Charente-Maritime, France, True Colour Satellite Image
Satellite view of the departement of Charente-Maritime, France. It includes the islands of Ile de Re, Ile d Aix and Ile d Oleron. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites

Region of Poitou-Charentes, France, True Colour Satellite Image
Satellite view of Poitou-Charentes, France. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites

Region of Poitou-Charentes, France, Relief Map
Relief map of Poitou-Charentes, France. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data

La Rochelle, Harbour

Saint Redegonde church, Talmont, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Port, St. Martin de Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

Entrance to town, St. Martin de Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

The House of Henry II, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

The Great Clock Tower by the harbour, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

The Chain Tower, Vieux Port, the old harbour, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Vieux Port, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Vieux Port, the old harbour, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Lighthouse of Phare des Baleines, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

Aerial view of Vaubans fortification, dating from the 17th century, Saint Martin, Ile de Re, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Restaurants lining the edge of the marina in the ancient port of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

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Welcome to Charente-Maritime, a picturesque region in Poitou-Charentes, France. Explore the charming town of St. Martin on the beautiful Ile de Re, where you can wander through its narrow streets and admire the stunning harbour views. Don't miss the delightful village of Ars-en-Re with its iconic bicycle adorned with a basket and hollyhocks. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Charente-Maritime as you stroll along streets lined with vibrant hollyhocks, adding a touch of color to your every step. Indulge in the culinary delights this region has to offer by visiting market stalls filled with an assortment of delicious French cheeses. Venture further and discover Fort Boyard near Ile d Oleron, an impressive fortress that stands proudly against the backdrop of Charente Maritime's coastline. Dive into history as you learn about Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle through fascinating early 20th-century depictions. Marvel at Vauban Fortress in Saint Martin de Re on Ile de Re, showcasing remarkable architecture that reflects France's rich heritage. As dusk settles over La Rochelle's Old Harbour, witness its enchanting beauty from Porte de La Grosse Horloge. Charente-Maritime offers a perfect blend of natural landscapes and historical treasures for all travelers seeking an authentic experience in Europe. Come and explore this captivating region that will leave you enchanted by its charm and allure.