테작 주변 최고의 교통량 없는 자전거 라이딩 코스

🏛️ 건설 : 서기 18-19년 이 아치는 티베리우스 황제 통치 시기인 서기 18-19년경에 건설되었습니다. 이 아치는 리옹과 생트를 연결하던 비아 아그리파의 입구에 있던 로마 다리의 입구에 위치했습니다. 따라서 이 아치는 진정한 의미의 "개선문"이 아닙니다. 로마 아키텐의 수도였던 메디올라눔 산토눔의 입구를 표시하는 도로 기념물이자 기념비적인 문이었습니다. 👤 누가 건설을 의뢰했는가? 이 아치는 로마화된 산토니족의 유력자였던 가이우스 율리우스 루푸스가 자금을 지원했습니다. 그는 이 아치를 티베리우스와 그의 조카 게르마니쿠스에게 헌정했습니다. 상인방에 새겨진 비문은 오늘날에도 이 아치가 헌정된 인물들을 알 수 있게 해줍니다. "게르마니쿠스 개선문"이라는 이름은 게르마니쿠스가 개인적으로 아치를 건설하거나 통과했다는 사실 때문이 아니라, 이 헌정 때문에 붙여진 것입니다. 🏗️ 상당히 특별한 기념물 이 아치에는 두 개의 통로가 있어 통행 흐름을 구분했을 것으로 보입니다. 높이는 약 15m, 너비는 16m입니다. 코린트 양식과 복합 양식의 주두는 특히 세심한 로마 건축을 증언합니다. 이것은 생트의 힘과 로마화의 진정한 과시였습니다. ⚠️ 아치가 사라질 뻔했던 순간 아마도 이것이 이 아치 역사상 가장 흥미로운 에피소드일 것입니다. 수세기 동안 아치는 항상 로마 다리, 그리고 중세 다리가 있던 샤랑트 강 우안에 위치했습니다. 19세기에는 오래된 다리가 노후화되었습니다. 1843년경 다리를 철거하기로 결정되었을 때, 아치도 파괴될 위기에 처했습니다. 이때 역사 기념물 총감이었던 프로스페르 메리메가 개입했습니다. 그는 보존을 주장하고 아치를 해체, 이전, 재조립하여 새로운 강둑에 설치하도록 했습니다. 이 보존과 관련된 또 다른 인물은 빅토르 위고입니다. 그는 1843년 9월 생트에 머물면서 메리메에게 기념물 보존을 위해 개입했습니다. 📍 왜 아치가 원래 위치에 정확히 있지 않은가? 오늘날 바송피에르 광장에서 볼 수 있는 아치는 원래 위치에 더 이상 있지 않습니다. 제방의 변형과 옛 다리의 철거 과정에서 수십 미터 이동되었습니다. 보존을 위해 돌 하나하나 해체하여 재조립했습니다. 오늘날 이 아치는 옛 로마 다리 통로 바로 근처에 위치해 있습니다. 🏛️ 보호 게르마니쿠스 개선문은 결국 1905년 7월 역사 기념물로 지정되었습니다. 흥미로운 추가 정보 생트 근처에 위치한 크라잔 채석장은 이 지역의 고대 건축물에 널리 사용된 석회암을 공급했습니다. 크라잔 석회암은 특히 게르마니쿠스 개선문과 같은 기념물에 사용되었습니다. 요약: 18-19년 → 로마 다리 입구에 아치 건설 ↓ 고대 → 중세 → 아치는 샤랑트 강 횡단과 계속 연관됨 ↓ 1843년 → 옛 다리 철거 및 아치 위협 ↓ 1843-1844년 → 메리메의 개입 및 아치 이전 ↓ 1905년 → 역사 기념물 지정

It is an absolutely beautiful village.

Small town with a special charm along the Charente.

The Abbaye-aux-Dames is built around the church of Sainte-Marie, built in the twelfth century. Famous for its facade and its characteristic "pinecone" bell tower, it is one of the emblematic monuments of Saintonge's Romanesque art. After several wars and fires, the place was restored in the 1970s and 1980s and is now a hotel. When you walk through the long corridors you feel like you have been transported back to the time when the abbey was still alive.

A former Benedictine abbey created in 1047, Abbaye-aux-Dames was the first women's monastery in Saintonge. These powerful women were nuns, that is to say, nuns living cloistered and having taken a vow of piety, occupying their lives in contemplation. They carried the crosier, in other words the pastoral staff of a bishop, and minted coins. Richly endowed, the abbey carried its influence well beyond the borders of the county and over time it became one of the most powerful women's monasteries in all of South-West France. With up to a hundred nuns at its peak, it was entrusted with the mission of instructing young girls, often from the French nobility, and counted among its most illustrious residents the future Marquise de Montespan, favorite of Louis XIV. The Abbaye-aux-Dames is structured around the Sainte-Marie church, built in the 12th century, famous for its facade and its characteristic “pine cone” bell tower. The premises were restored during the 1970s and 1980s and now house a Cité de la musique in which the Saintes Festival dedicated to classical music takes place each year. You can also stay in a wing of the building, the cells having been converted into hotel rooms, and leave your bike in a secure room.

The Santons people occupied Saintonge during the Gallic era. The Romans conquered the region and settled on the banks of the Charente. The town of Saintes (then designated Mediolanum), located at the western end of the Via Agrippa which linked Lyon (capital of the Three Gauls) to the Atlantic coast, quickly became monumental. At the time of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD), the city probably became the capital of the province of Greater Aquitaine (Aquitania). This then extended from the Loire to the Pyrenees. Mediolanum is endowed with important public monuments: the amphitheater, the arch of Germanicus, the thermal baths and the aqueduct are still partially visible today. At the time of its peak (end of the 1st century – beginning of the 2nd century), the city must have had several thousand inhabitants. The amphitheater of Mediolanum is one of the earliest in Gaul. It is estimated that its construction began during the reign of Tiberius (14 – 37 AD), and was completed during the reign of Claudius (41 – 54 AD). Like many amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, that of Saintes was located on the outskirts of the ancient city in a chosen and developed site: the “vallon des Arènes”. Thanks to a favorable topography, the builders were relieved of part of their work, the amphitheater resting on the slope of the valley. This elliptical monument, with imposing dimensions (126 meters long and 102 meters wide), made it possible to accommodate several thousand spectators around bloody and violent representations such as gladiator fights (munera) or animal hunts (venationes ). In the 3rd century, the city declined and was entrenched within an impressive rampart, built from the remains of public and funerary monuments from previous decades. The amphitheater is then no longer used. Since the Middle Ages, it has been used, among other things, as a stone quarry. It was classified as a Historic Monument in 1840. It was from this moment that it was gradually restored. Today, despite the disappearance of the superstructures, the remains provide a faithful image of what this monument could have been at the time of its splendor. The site welcomes visitors all year round. Certain objects found during various excavations in the amphitheater district are visible at the archaeological museum.

Located on a rocky spur overlooking the Charente, Taillebourg has one of the oldest castles in the province of Saintonge. It was also one of the most important in the region in the Middle Ages. This stronghold will allow the city to assert its power and prosper thanks to its port and control of trade throughout the Middle Ages. According to a chronicler, the Château de Taillebourg hosted the wedding night of Louis, future king of France under the name Louis VII, with Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. Louis IX (future Saint Louis) made the castle his fortress to launch the attack against the King of England, Henry III. This victorious battle of July 21, 1242 became famous and was represented several centuries later by Delacroix, whose painting can be seen in the Battles gallery at the Palace of Versailles. The castle which had endured all the sieges during the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion was taken and destroyed during the Fronde in 1652. During the Revolution, it was sold in lots as national property. Having suffered from lack of maintenance, the building was the victim of a fire in 1822 and was largely destroyed. All that remains now are the ruins with the ramparts and a tower standing like an emaciated being. It now houses a park which is a haven of peace. To access it from the banks of the Charente, you have to take a small detour through the town.

The Saint-Savinien church is a Romanesque style building built between the 12th and 13th centuries. The current sanctuary succeeds an ancient priory, cited in a charter of 1039, of which no vestige remains. The adjoining square is pleasantly decorated with statutes representing the apostles.