La Rochefoucauld Castle – Old station portico loop from La Jauvigère

La Rochefoucauld Castle – Old station portico loop from La Jauvigère

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La Rochefoucauld Castle – Old station portico loop from La Jauvigère

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45.6km

360m

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Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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3.27 km

La Grande Fosse

Highlight • Gorge

Large natural pit in the middle of the woods with a very nice shaded picnic area.

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12.5 km

La Rochefoucauld Castle

Highlight • Castle

Beautiful castle, worth it even without admission.

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12.7 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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24.9 km

La Rainette Brewery

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Small craft brewery installed in an old mill. Takeaway or consumption on site in a great setting! And in addition the beer is very good!

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25.2 km

Saint Paul's Church in Chazelles

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12th century Romanesque church. The west facade has two buttresses rising to the top at its ends. Double buttresses correspond to the western pilasters of the dome and small ones are placed to the west of the nave, on the chapel and the apse. The rectangular bell tower has a first floor with arches, resting on a molded cordon. On another cordon, loaded with vertical billets, rises a second floor, the walls of which are pierced with rectangular openings. Inside, the nave has no vault. Its western and southern walls were dated back to the 17th century. Part of the pavement of the nave is made up of funerary slabs, bearing the representation of the working instruments of the deceased. A covered wooden chapel is supported to the north. It communicates with the nave by two wide arches. The false square, under the bell tower, carries a dome on horns, the departures of which rest on horizontal cords.

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26.0 km

Old station portico

Highlight • Monument

On the Coulée d'Oc, an old massive gantry designed to lift heavy loads transported by rail. The portico is located a few hundred meters from the demarcation line.

You have the possibility to park right next to it.

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