Église Saint-Martin

The church of Saint-Pierre dates from the 12th century. It has a nave with four bays. The first two bays support the double arches of a barrel vault which was probably demolished during the Wars of Religion and replaced by a plaster ceiling fixed on laths in the shape of a basket handle. In the second bay, an opening with a tier-point arch gives access to a 16th-century chapel with historiated stained glass windows. The third bay, square in plan, with pilasters and round arches, contains the octagonal dome resting on trumpets. The two-storey high bell tower rises above it.

Established on the right bank of the river Charente, near the former funeral basilica of Bishop Pallais, it owes its foundation in 1047 to the Count of Anjou Geoffroy Martel and his wife Agnes of Burgundy. First women's abbey in Saintonge, the Benedictine moniales printed currency and had a taste for business.

The church of St. Pallais dates from the 12th century and houses the tomb of the mystic Marie-Eustelle Harpain (1814-1842), nicknamed the Angel of the Eucharist. The vaults were rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 13th century, the choir and transept were also rebuilt in the 13th century. The chevet wall was pierced in the 15th century by a bay with a flamboyant filling. The square in front of the church housed a cemetery until the 18th century.