Brouage

Brouage was founded in 1555 by Jacques de Pons, for the salt trade, and quickly became one of the very great ports of the Atlantic coast.

Its ramparts shelter a pretty village where military buildings freely open to the public sit alongside artists' studios and designers' shops.

It was on Richelieu's orders that Pierre d'Argencourt built its fortifications. Vauban modified them in the late seventeenth century.

The village is nestled in the heart of a marsh that extends over more than 3,000 hectares.

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