Église Notre-Dame-des-Anges de Royan

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The Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel is a Catholic place of worship serving the seaside and residential area of Pontaillac, in Royan in the French department of Charente-Maritime. This parish church depends on the pastoral sector "Notre-Dame-L In a neo-Gothic style tinted with orientalist influences, this building is modest in its dimensions and is the work of the saintly architect Eustase Rullier. Its construction began in 1891.

History: The history of the Pontaillac district really began in 1855, when a Bordeaux entrepreneur, Jean Lacaze, bought a vast land covered with dunes and bordering marshes west of Royan. Guessing the potential of the site in full vogue of the "sea baths", he planned to build a site for the curists (at that time, the water was "taken" mainly for medical reasons). In the space of twenty years, the development of this new neighbourhood is fulcruming. Upscale neighborhood and worldly par excellence, it's the place where you should be seen when you come in resort, summarized by the maxim "Everyone goes to Royan, but everyone...