St. John the Baptist Church, Bourg-Charente
#1 among attractions in Bourg-Charente
Facts and practical information
St. John the Baptist Church is a Catholic church located in Bourg-Charente, France.
Bourg-Charente France
St. John the Baptist Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Cognac Public Garden, Bassac Abbey, Sainte-Sévère, Musée des arts du cognac.
- 5.4 miWGarden, Park
Cognac Public Garden, Cognac
139 min walk • Cognac Public Garden is located in of the heart of the town of Cognac in the departement of Charente, France. It is one of the few English-styled gardens in France open to the general public.
- 5.5 miEMonastery
Bassac Abbey, Bassac
141 min walk • Bassac Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Bassac, Charente, France, in the former diocese of Saintes. The abbey was founded in 1002 by Wardrade Lorichès, count of la Marche and first known Lord of Jarnac, and his wife Rixendis on their return from a pilgrimage to Rome.
- 5.6 miNLocality
Sainte-Sévère
143 min walk • Sainte-Sévère is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
- 5.7 miWHistory museum, Specialty museum, Museum
Musée des arts du cognac, Cognac
146 min walk • The Museum of the Arts of Cognac is located in the city of Cognac in the Charente. It presents all the stages of Cognac production, from the cultivation of grapes to packaging.
- 5.5 miWChurch
Saint-Léger Church, Cognac
141 min walk • The church of Saint-Léger is the largest church in Cognac. Formerly the priory of the Benedictines, it is now the main parish church of the town. Built from 1130 onwards, it was enlarged and redesigned over the following three centuries, which...
- 2 miEChurch
St. Peter's Church, Jarnac
52 min walk • The Saint-Pierre church is a Romanesque Catholic church located in Jarnac, France.
- 5.7 miWForts and castles
Château de François-Ier, Cognac
144 min walk • Château de Cognac, also known as Château de Valois and Château François, is a castle in Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle has been rebuilt many times over the centuries.
- 3 miWForts and castles
Château de Saint-Brice
78 min walk • The castle of Saint-Brice is located in the commune of Saint-Brice in Charente, on the right bank of the Charente, 4 kilometers upstream from Cognac. It was built in the fourteenth century and then remodeled in the sixteenth century and the...
- 5.7 miW
- 0.4 miNWForts and castles
Château de Bourg-Charente, Bourg-Charente
12 min walk • Château de Bourg-Charente is a 17th—century castle built on the rocky promontory overlooking the Charente River in the town of Bourg-Charente, Charente department in southwestern France. The castle replaced the former castle destroyed during the Hundred Years' War.
- 4.9 miEForts and castles
Château de Triac, Cognac
125 min walk • The castle of Triac is located in the commune of Triac-Lautrait, in the Charente, near Jarnac.