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シャニエ（シャラント＝マリティーム県）の渡し船は、フランスで現在も運行されている数少ない伝統的な河川渡し船の一つです。サン＝テスから数キロ下流にあるシャニエとクルクール間のシャラント川を渡ることができます。 何世紀にもわたって利用されてきた渡し場 シャニエの渡し船の歴史 シャニエでの渡し船による渡航は非常に古く、中世にまでさかのぼります。17世紀半ばには、すでにシャラント川の重要な渡河地点となっていました。川を渡るだけでなく、住民が対岸の草原、特に農業活動のために利用するのを可能にしていました。 20世紀初頭、シャニエの渡し船は、シャラント川におけるはるかに大きな渡し船網の一部でした。1909年には、シャニエのものを含め、シャラント＝アンフェリウール県で13艘の渡し船が確認されていました。当時、橋が普及する前は、渡し船は不可欠でした。 なぜ「チェーン（鎖）渡し」なのか？ 原理は、渡し船を両岸を結ぶ鎖の上に維持することです。船頭はこの鎖を使って船を進め、流れに逆らって船を進路に保ちます。 シャニエの現在の渡し船は動力付きですが、手動で操作されるドムピエール＝シュル＝シャラントの渡し船とは異なります。しかし、観光案内所はそれを依然として「チェーン渡し」と説明しており、自治体もシャニエとクルクールを結ぶ伝統的な渡河手段としています。 現在の渡し船 渡航は、シャニエのル・コムナルとクルクールの岸の間で行われます。無料であり、歩行者、自転車、動力付き車両を運ぶことができます。その運行は、特にシャラント川の水量に依存します。 シャニエ市は実際、「シャニエ港とそのチェーン渡し」を地元の遺産として公式に紹介しています。 重要な点：前のメッセージを訂正します。シャニエの渡し船は単なる「19世紀の」渡し船ではありません。渡河は中世から証明されており、その運用方法と設備が何世紀にもわたって進化してきたのです。

Courcoury is a natural island surrounded by the Charente and Seugne rivers, giving it a unique landscape setting between marshes and waterways, conducive to biodiversity and outdoor activities. It is also the only village in Charente-Maritime to have been awarded 4 stars by the "Villes et villages étoilés" label, recognizing its efforts to reduce light pollution through intelligent and environmentally friendly public lighting.

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I really enjoyed this ride. I’m 46, I did it on a 40 year old road bike, it’s more suited to a cyclocross bike!

Chesnel Castle, which has the appearance of a fortified castle, is intriguing. However, the niches here have a purely decorative function. The architecture of this building, erected in 1610, is therefore rather original. You can visit the castle by making an appointment via this link: https://patrivia.net/visit/chateau-chesnel

Small picturesque town of about 700 inhabitants. The 12th century Saint-Martial church and the castle are worth the detour!

A particularity is located in the gallery of arcature which overhangs the portal. Indeed it has three arched windows on one side of the central window and two semicircular on the other. Note that the two bays on the right occupy the same width as the three on the left. The bell tower, like many others in the region, has a pyramidal roof. Simple columns come to partition the two windows which cover each face. Inside the church, archival documents prove that the nave with two bays was originally vaulted with warheads. Unfortunately, this vault was destroyed during religious wars. Still according to archival documents, it would seem that at the beginning of the 20th century, a narthex, where the catechumens were held, leaned on its facade. Today, it has completely disappeared. The church was classified as a historic monument in 1913. The building underwent a complete restoration in 1935. To admire just next to the church a magnificent and majestic period residence.

The walls of the nave were doubled by means of arcades and it was endowed with a new chevet and a new bell tower. With an elegant silhouette and intact in its southern part, it is openworked with four twin bays on semicircular arches on two floors. The interior has a nave with three bays. A bay separates the nave from the front choir vaulted in blocks of rubble which, very narrow, supports the bell tower. The semi-circular apse is vaulted in cul-de-four. The 19th century side chapel, dedicated to Saint Anthony, is located on the left as you enter. Vaulted in a broken cradle, it has a stucco altar whose base has five broken arch bays. A very beautiful ornate wooden balcony dating from the end of the 19th century is located at the interior entrance of the church. The statue of Notre-Dame de Fontdouce, known as "the Virgin and Child" was sculpted by a monk from the Abbey of Fontdouce around the 15th century. It has been kept in the church of Saint Bris des Bois since the revolution and was once a destination of pilgrimage. On the back wall, a semicircular stained glass window indicates the names of the parish priest, Mr. Hague, and the mayor at the time, Mr. Lévécot (1904). The Priory of St Robert: the chapel destroyed during the wars of religion, the campanile is still in place. Saint Robert once had a great reputation, at the end of the 19th century, children suffering from certain illnesses were still brought there "before sunrise". The church was listed as a Historic Monument in 1973. To visit it you will have to pay your tribute just the price of a slight effort ....... the church is located at the top of the hill overlooking the village and adjoining the cemetery.