Porte de la Poterne

Porte de la Poterne is a city gate in Vouvant, Arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte, Pays de la Loire. Porte de la Poterne is situated near the park Jardin Public, as well as near the garden Jardin de l’Ancien Presbytère.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Walled enclosure of Vouvant and Town hall of Vouvant.

Town hall of Vouvant

Town hall

Photo: Vouvant, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Town hall of Vouvant is situated 180 metres northeast of Porte de la Poterne.

Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Vouvant church

Church

Photo: Ludovic G., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Vouvant church is situated 160 metres northeast of Porte de la Poterne.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vouvant and Cezais.

Vouvant is a commune in the department of Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Vouvant is labelled as Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, Petites Cités de Caractère, and the village has obtained two flowers out of five in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris.

Cezais

Village

Photo: Spouik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cezais is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-du-Fougerais. Cezais is situated 4 km northwest of Porte de la Poterne.

Bourneau

Village

Photo: Éduarel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bourneau is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Bourneau is situated 5 km southwest of Porte de la Poterne.

Porte de la Poterne

Type: City gate
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Vouvant, Arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude

46.57082° or 46° 34′ 15″ north

Longitude

-0.77095° or 0° 46′ 15″ west

Open location code

8CRXH6CH+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 623053802

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=city_gate

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Jardin Public and Jardin de l’Ancien Presbytère.

Nearby Places

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