5 Sights in Cognac, France (with Map and Images)

The Porte et tours du Vieux-Port de Cognac, also known as the Porte Saint-Jacques, is a monument located on the quays of the Charente in the French commune of Cognac, in the Charente department. The gate and towers were part of the city walls.

Wikipedia: Porte et tours du Vieux-Port de Cognac (FR)

The church of Saint-Léger is the largest of the churches in Cognac. A former priory of the Benedictines, it is now the main parish church of the city. Built from 1130 onwards, it was enlarged and remodelled over the next three centuries, which explains the presence of many architectural styles, a unique combination in a region where the Romanesque style predominates.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Léger de Cognac (FR)

The Convent of the Recollets of Cognac is located in Cognac in the French department of Charente. The convent was founded in the seventeenth century during the Counter-Reformation by Recollet friars who were Franciscans organized in order in the sixteenth century.

Wikipedia: Couvent des Récollets de Cognac (FR)

The Priory of Saint-Léger de Cognac was a Benedictine priory located in Cognac in the French department of Charente and the diocese of Angoulême. It depended on the abbey of Saint-Léger d'Ébreuil, in Auvergne. The church of Saint-Léger in Cognac was the priory church.

Wikipedia: Prieuré Saint-Léger de Cognac (FR)

Cognac Public Garden is located in of the heart of the town of Cognac in the departement of Charente, France. It is one of the few English-styled gardens in France open to the general public. The park is the result of the marriage of the gardens of two adjoining properties; it houses the Hotel de Ville and the Museum of Art and History.

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