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It's incredible how many animals you can see there: storks, herons, egrets, mallards, not to mention the coypus (which we call "nutria"), which are legion. I was lucky enough to see three beautiful roe deer and a few hares and other wild rabbits. A real delight.

Very beautiful church. A must-see!

The bell tower of this church is visible from afar! Coming from the north and from the port of Cayenne, it towers high above the landscape. The interior of the church is in need of renovation, but the stained glass windows beautifully depict various saints and biblical stories.

A harbor full of sailing yachts right in Marennes, connected to the sea by a canal.

This Saint Pierre de Sale Catholic church is characterized by its majestic bell tower door from the fifteenth century. It was placed under monument protection in 1840. Climbing the bell tower is possible in summer.

La Cayenne is traditionally the name for both the long canal and the port located on the Seudre at the end of the canal. It consists of three parts: the marina at the gates of the city center, the La Cayenne canal, also known as the Marennes canal, and the oyster port at the mouth of the Seudre.

Port Marennes is a sheltered wet dock located after the Cayenne access channel (2,800 m long from the Seudre). You can cycle along the port and the canal.

The village of Hiers built on an old island in the Santon archipelago. At that time, the village was an island in the middle of the Gulf of Saintonge, a gulf which will then fill in over the centuries to become nothing more than a marsh today. The island is part of an archipelago with other islets such as those of Guilletterie, Montboileau, Fremailloux and Érablais. Due to its relatively high altitude allowing to control navigation between the mainland and the island of Oléron, a castle and a priory were built from the eleventh century which depended on the seigneury of Broue. The monks of the Saint-Hilaire church were already exploiting the salt. Jacopolis (Brouage) was founded in 1555 on an old deposit of ballast forming bulges of pebbles and mud. Brouage was the outer port of the village of Hiers, it was first designed without military intentions but to be a trading center. Ten years after its foundation, the city receives a visit from Charles IX. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiers-Brouage#Les_origines