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The garrison commander’s house, built in 1808 on Napoleon’s orders, where he spent his last days in France from 12 to 15 July 1815.
Baron Gourgaud’s African collections, including the stuffed dromedary Napoleon is said to have ridden during the Egyptian campaign.
A nineteenth-century fort overlooking the Rochefort roadstead, open to visitors in season.
Twin white towers nicknamed the island’s giants, protected as a historic monument since 2011.
The village is entered through a fortified gate and drawbridge; the ramparts of the Fort de la Rade face Fort Boyard.
In early summer hollyhocks bloom along the low houses with colourful shutters, an iconic image of the Charente islands.
A museum-workshop presents this seashell craft and its finished objects from April to September.
With no cars, the carriage remains a traditional way to tour the island in season, at a horse’s gentle pace.
Mussel and oyster farmers of the Pertuis d’Antioche serve their shellfish as mussels and chips or on platters by the sea.
A Charente speciality of mussels arranged on a plank and cooked under burning pine needles.
The wild catch of the day, often grilled over a wood fire, is the other classic of the island’s terraces.