Talmont

The castle of Talmont stands near the coast of Lower Poitou, on a site enclosed by waterways and affected by the tides. Richard the Lionheart held rights over the fortress and visited it in the twelfth century. In 1628, amid conflict with the Huguenots, Louis XIII ordered it dismantled to prevent his enemies gaining a stronghold in the region. Much of its walls and the upper parts of its keep were destroyed.