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Rest area along the greenway with water and picnic tables. From here you can also take a loop to visit the Chalosse lookout.

Most of the Landes arenas were built towards the end of the 19th century. However, some arenas, like this one in Bégaar, were built specifically for the summer season with a wooden frame. Most arenas host the Landes bullfights. During these races, the bullfighters dodge the cow in the center of the ring at the last moment. The jumpers perform jumps over the cow. During local festivals, bullfighting games (bullfighting) are also organized, as well as cockade competitions where bullfighters must tear a piece of cloth from between the cow's horns. In larger arenas, bullfights or novilladas take place. Types: Small rural heritage Source: https://www.tourismelandes.com/patrimoine-culturel/les-arenes-pcuaqu040fs000dg/

Built on the old railway line that connected Saint-Sever to the spa town of Dax, the Chalosse Green Route offers a 34-kilometer stretch on smooth, hard-surfaced ground. The route offers a bucolic atmosphere with landscapes of woods, hills, and meadows. Among the main tourist attractions are the town center of Saint-Sever (whose abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela Route), the villages of Mugron and Montfort with its Chalosse Museum, and Montaut, a charming Chalosse village. The Landes-Chalosse destination will delight cyclists thanks to its green route and numerous hiking trails. Source: https://www.landes-chalosse.com/se-divertir/fan-de-nature-loisirs-et-activites-de-plein-air/la-voie-verte-de-chalosse

Saint Bartholomew's Church The old church, built on the same site as the new one, was the castle chapel and previously the seigneurial chapel. The first stone was solemnly blessed on March 19, 1868. It was consecrated in 1869. The church plan is the work of Mr. Ozanne, the departmental architect. Mr. Fraglon, a public works contractor in Villandraut, won the contract for 80,000 francs. The total cost, including furniture and the architect's fees, reached 100,000 francs (€15,244). The church of Poyanne could be considered at the time one of the most impeccable new churches in the diocese: for its size, the height of its vaults, the boldness of the arcades, the harmonious proportions, the unity of style, the regularity of the whole, and the harmony of the details. The church is built in the shape of a parallelogram and without transepts. Its nave consists of a vestibule, a central nave, two side aisles, and a choir with a polygonal chevet flanked on the right and left by a small square chapel. It measures 35m long, 19m wide, and 13m high. The 10m deep choir receives light from the chevet through three long lancet windows. The main nave connects with its side aisles through five large arches that provide as many bays, supported by eight isolated pilasters. The vault rests on real capitals. The gallery is in perfect taste. The porch is very simple, displaying its decoration only at the main door. The patron saint of the church of Poyanne is Saint Bartholomew. Source: https://notredamedechalosse.diocese40.fr/2025/02/09/poyanne/

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17th century castle surrounded by a very pleasant park, in the heart of Chalosse.

The Church of St. Eugenie, built in neo-Gothic style, is located in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour, a municipality of 2,620 inhabitants located in the Landes department in the New Aquitaine region.

The Arena is located in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour, a municipality located in the French department of Landes, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The construction dates back to 1912 when the old wooden structure was replaced by a concrete one. In the 1930s it was renovated in Hispano-Moorish style. The Arena is dedicated exclusively to "Landes racing" practiced mainly in the French departments of Landes and Gers. It is a bullfighting tradition that belongs to the intangible cultural heritage of Gascony.