Royan Promenade and Beach – Riberou Port loop from Saint-Romain-de-Benet
Royan Promenade and Beach – Riberou Port loop from Saint-Romain-de-Benet
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Royan Promenade and Beach – Riberou Port loop from Saint-Romain-de-Benet
04:07
70.7km
290m
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: March 3, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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227 m
Saint-Romain Church of Saint-Romain-de-Benet
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This rather atypical-looking building is the result of a multitude of reconstructions spread over nearly 8 centuries. If the first stone of the sanctuary was laid in the 12th century (the groups of columns bear carved capitals of 12th century invoice), this one will be very damaged following a fire, which occurred at the end of the Middle Ages during the Wars of Religion. Rebuilt economically, it was decided, around the 17th century, to restore it.
Ransacked in 1793, victim of revolutionary looting, the church remained under construction for a large part of the 19th century, when the vaults of the choir were replaced in 1830, before the Romanesque bell tower was raised, then in 1843 its apse and finally, in 1883, its facade was rebuilt in imitation of the Romanesque style (this one is pierced with an oculus, surmounting a portal with 4 archivolts resting on columns with capitals).
The characteristic/original element of this church is its line of cupolas, built in 1901 and left visible. Built in cement, they give the building a false oriental air. The sanctuary, which must originally have been in the shape of a Latin cross, has retained from its original structure only a nave made up of four bays, extended by a choir in a cul-de-four, which is pierced with seven bays. . 8 half-columns, distributed along the apse, serve as buttresses. The square bell tower rises on a spherical dome with pendentives; it retains a series of Romanesque arches in its lower part and is pierced with three thin openings in its upper part, according to a layout found in the church of Berneuil, a few dozen kilometers away.
The interior retains furniture dating mainly from the 19th century.
Several plaster statues, of rather naive invoice, are visible in the nave: they notably represent Saint Michael and Joan of Arc. The apse, cul-de-four, is decorated with murals representing a Christ in Majesty. At the entrance to the nave, on the left side, a capital dating from the 12th century has plant motifs. We will appreciate the majesty of the domes on pendentives, some of the capitals and the diagonal arrangement of the two altars between the nave and the heart.
Church open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Tel. 05-46-22-53-34
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You can spot a church by its steeple,
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Of the church, entrusted to the Chaise-Dieu Abbey in 1084 by Robert de Pons, only the eastern part remains, the nave having disappeared during the Wars of Religion (16th century). Inside, note the dome divided into eight compartments as well as very beautiful capitals in the original sanctuary, decorated with acanthus leaves and palmettes.
An ossuary crypt, from the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century, located under the chapel, extends the northern arm of the transept. It is accessible by a small staircase. It is covered with a primitive ribbed cross. A stone bench goes around the crypt about 50 centimeters from the current floor.
Open on request at the town hall.
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46.5 km
Notre Dame of Royan
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47.0 km
Royan Promenade and Beach
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More information: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royan
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49.3 km
Port of Royan
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60.5 km
Riberou Port
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69.3 km
Bois de la Tour
Forest
70.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
53.3 km
6.92 km
4.85 km
4.65 km
576 m
339 m
103 m
Surfaces
44.1 km
25.1 km
757 m
367 m
353 m
< 100 m
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