Attractions and Places To See around Vouzan - Top 20

The Château de la Tranchade dominates the Anguienne valley on a rocky outcrop protecting the south-eastern access to Angoulême. A strategic stronghold to control Angoulême, La Tranchade has often been besieged.

magnificent place a lot of shade under gigantic lime trees very pretty washhouse as well as a resurgence of the roof one more for this pose some time after a lot of km under an overwhelming heat be careful however when we cool down with the water from the abyss it is extremely cold between 8 and 12 degrees all year round

The sources are resurgences made up of Dormant, Bouillant, Font de Lussac and La Lèche which appear under the ruins of the Château de Touvre. They give rise to the Touvre, a tributary of the Charente only 11.7 km long and whose flow allows the Charente to be navigable from Angoulême to the ocean. They supply the agglomeration of Angoulême with drinking water. It is the second resurgence of France, with an average annual flow of 13 cubic meters per second, after the fountain of Vaucluse.

Leaving from the town hall, turn left on the route des sources. This superb wash house, built in a very pleasant setting, is in very good condition. 2-sided roof in round tiles, 4 stone pillars. The wash house has 2 walls, one in stone, the other in freestone, 2 washing tables, a coping made of large cobblestones. The basin is partially supplied by water from the resurgence. On the right, an aqueduct. Opposite, another washing stone.

The castle was, in the Middle Ages, the seat of one of the most important seigneuries of Angoumois. In the 12th century, La Tranchade was part of the domains of the abbey of Saint-Cybard. In the 14th century, it belonged to the lords of Pressac. The entrance to the estate is via a postern flanked by two asymmetrical square towers, with a parapet on machicolations decorated with shells. A bridge replaced the old drawbridge and crosses the moat dug in the rock. The building is made up of two square buildings, backing onto the keep. The latter is the oldest part, built towards the end of the 14th century. It is rectangular with a blind facade. A hexagonal tower containing the spiral staircase is attached to it. Both are crowned with battlements. The other part of the main courtyard was built in the 17th century. The windows of the south-eastern facade are framed by flat pilasters resting on consoles.

This building, known from 1110, was rebuilt for the first time around the middle of the 12th century and has undergone other transformations which have modified its original appearance. This building, known from 1110, was rebuilt for the first time around the middle of the 12th century and has undergone other transformations which have modified its original appearance. The history of the church reveals to us that two priests left a memory in the life of the parish: Jean Vergereau named in 1661, died on May 2, 1708 and was buried in the sanctuary; François Faunier du Plessis, who arrived in Mornac on January 18, 1778, was deported to Ile Madame. He died there on September 2, 1794 following ill-treatment inflicted by the revolutionaries. A commemorative plaque was awarded to him on April 28, 1929. The portal is framed by two fonts dating from the 17th century. A coat of arms decorates the first floor. The bell tower has two bells. The oldest dates from 1564 or 1584 and the second dates back to 1724. Some stones carved or engraved by the Compagnons du Tour de France, vestiges of these restorations, appear in the walls of the village. The sacristy has a paved floor made up of these small stones called "Dent de Loup" or "Cœurs de demoiselles".

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.

This place offers a beautiful view of the countryside and the Touvre from a hill. A perfect place to take a break, eat and discover the little church of Sainte-Madeleine de Touvre.