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Charente

The Top 13 Natural Monuments in Charente

Charente’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 13

beautiful natural monuments in Charente. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: November 14, 2025

Sireuil Church and Pilgrims' Fountain

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Sireuil, it's nice. Jarnac, too ....
But in between, there are 16 kilometers as the crow flies (a little more by land) ... and a lot of possible routes. You are spoiled for choice! This must-have doesn't help.

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Chêne de François 1er

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This imposing holm oak is approximately 500 years old. We do not know if it was planted on the occasion of the birth of the future king of France François …

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Blue Lake of Touvérac

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Remains of old white clay quarries, these blue lakes constitute a locally protected habitat with its flaura and forna. You have to go slowly and leave no traces. Swimming is prohibited in these lakes.

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Touvre Spring

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The sources are resurgences made up of Dormant, Bouillant, Font de Lussac and La Lèche which appear under the ruins of the Château de Touvre. They give rise to the …

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La Grande Fosse

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Large natural pit in the middle of the woods with a very nice shaded picnic area.

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The Tonne Spring

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The natural site of the fountain of Tonne corresponds to a line of resurgent springs that we follow on the slope of the right bank of the Charente valley; they …

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Dolmens of Grosse Pérotte and Petite Pérotte in Fontenille

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The dolmen of Petite Pérotte and its neighbor of Grosse Pérotte belonged to a vast group of funerary monuments dating from the Neolithic period (4500 to 4000 years BC)
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Dolmen of Saint-Fort

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This dolmen has an unusual and imposing height of more than 2m high. The crowning table at the top would weigh 40 tons.

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Overhanging Limestone Rock, Vallée des Eaux Claires

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

These very special limestone cliffs have been forged over time by past human activity. The trails take you through these remains but also to overlook them, offering an unmissable view of the Eaux Claires valley.

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Angeac-Charente Paleontological Site

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The Angeac-Charente site is particularly known for unearthing the remains of one of the largest known dinosaurs in the world. A 34-centimeter phalanx that once belonged to a sauropod, one …

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