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Château de La Rochette – La Rochefoucauld Castle loop from Val-de-Bonnieure

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Château de La Rochette – La Rochefoucauld Castle loop from Val-de-Bonnieure

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Château de La Rochette – La Rochefoucauld Castle loop from Val-de-Bonnieure

02:27

38.4km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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6.28 km

Saint-Sébastien Church of La Rochette

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This building is a good example of a Charentaise church from the end of the 11th century - beginning of the 12th century. It essentially consists of a single barrel-vaulted nave and a cul-de-four sanctuary. The porch is very characteristic and has the particularity of having two tombs in the arches, which flank the main door. The bell tower is built above the choir. Inside, the capitals of the double arches are decorated with figures and foliage.

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6.37 km

Château de La Rochette

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Logis built around 1580 within the walls of an older castle. The old buildings were demolished during the sale to the municipality in 1946. The latter restored the house and created a glazed room and a concrete staircase. This Renaissance dwelling was remodeled in 1617. Large windows were opened in the 18th century. The castle is square in plan, confined by four corbelled corner turrets, on molded consoles.

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17.1 km

La Rochefoucauld Castle Bridge

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Appearing in 1019 with Foucauld, lord of La Roche, the La Rochefoucauld family has long been considered a branch of the Lusignan, due to the similarity of their arms. It seems, in reality, that Foucauld was a close relative of the Viscount of Limoges, descendant of a Grand of the court of Charlemagne. Only four other families in France (including that of the Capetians) can claim such seniority.

The history of the castle is inseparable from the history of the La Rochefoucauld family which, itself, is part of the political life of its time, century after century. The castle of La Rochefoucauld provides a remarkable illustration of the interweaving of politics and architecture through the life of a family which has continuously owned the castle since Fucaldus laid the first fortification around 980. With the history of the La Rochefoucauld family, the use of architecture for social and political purposes finds one of its most spectacular manifestations. This earned it the justified title of “pearl of Angoumois”.

The castle is an anthology of seven centuries of architecture and the home of the La Rochefoucauld family, still present for over a thousand years.

To see: the monumental Renaissance staircase (108 steps!), the boudoir of Marguerite de Valois, the kitchens dug into the karst, the state rooms, guards, the 18th century libraries, the main courtyard and its galleries from the 16th.

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17.3 km

La Rochefoucauld Castle

Highlight • Castle

Beautiful castle, worth it even without admission.

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21.8 km

Path Along the River Through the Woods

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Nice easy section along side the river

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35.1 km

Sigogne Manor in Coulgens

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A first lord is attested with certainty in 1463. After the Revolution, the building is sold as national property and divided into 25 lots. It still had important remains from the 13th and 14th century during the 20th century. It was a set of square or rectangular plan of which there remains only the tower which surmounted the entrance and underground rooms. This postern would have been built in the 15th century. On either side of this entrance, a rampart led to a cylindrical corner tower. In the second half of the 18th century, residential buildings were probably built around the postern. They were demolished in the second half of the 20th century. The postern tower is pierced at its base with a vaulted passageway. It is flanked by a hexagonal turret containing a spiral staircase whose access is to the west, on the courtyard side, by a rectangular opening door surmounted by a semicircular tympanum with three hammered coats of arms.

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36.0 km

Little Bridge over the Tardoire

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For the crazy ones who go everywhere, a nice ford to cool their feet.
For the others, looking up from their wheel, you may prefer to take a small bridge to cross in the dry.

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38.3 km

Saint-Michel Church in Saint-Angeau

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The nave is made up of four unequal bays, with blind arcades. The vault has been replaced by a paneling. False square under semicircular cradle, preceded by an arch. Semi-circular apse under cul-de-four. Facade rebuilt in the 16th century.

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38.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.3 km

6.20 km

2.87 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.6 km

13.1 km

3.20 km

2.42 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Château de La Rochette – La Rochefoucauld Castle loop from Val-de-Bonnieure

Saint-Sébastien Church of La Rochette

Château de La Rochette

La Rochefoucauld Castle Bridge

La Rochefoucauld Castle

Path Along the River Through the Woods

Sigogne Manor in Coulgens

Little Bridge over the Tardoire

Saint-Michel Church in Saint-Angeau

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