Porte Saint-Jacques

Porte Saint-Jacques is a city gate in Parthenay, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Porte Saint-Jacques is situated nearby to the museum Musée municipal Georges Turpin, as well as near the library CERDO: Centre d’Études, de Recherche et de Documentation sur l’Oralité.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Jacques de Parthenay and Château de Parthenay.

Église Saint-Jacques de Parthenay

Church

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Église Saint-Jacques de Parthenay is a church, which is situated 120 metres northeast of Porte Saint-Jacques.

Château de Parthenay

Castle

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Château de Parthenay is a castle, which is situated 200 metres west of Porte Saint-Jacques.

Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre de Parthenay

Church

Photo: Serge Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre de Parthenay is a church, which is situated 200 metres southwest of Porte Saint-Jacques.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parthenay and Saint-Aubin-le-Cloud.

Parthenay is an ancient fortified town and commune in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is sited on a rocky spur that is surrounded on two sides by the River Thouet, and is the sub-prefecture of the Parthenay arrondissement.