The Chapel
St Joseph's Chapel is located in the old village.Some wedding's registers establish with certainty that this chapel existed in the 18th century, at that time, it was low based and downfall.
It has been rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century thanks to Grand-Village glizen's material and financial contributions. Citizens who actively participated to is rebuilding. In 1887, the priest Jean Alexandre Vincent, noted that the chapel was failling down. The roof was collapsing because of the gutter'sweight and because of the stones weight that children stored up when they took the chapel bell as the target.
It as been once again rebuilt in 1990, our local artist, Mr Ellie Murat, decorated the chapel's inside with fresces refering to villager's daily lives.
Le Port des Salines :
to the white gold conquest
The Port des salines is the first saltpan totake again its activities in the Oléron's Island.
The guided tour rlates to the saltpan's historyin the island, and introduces you to the art of collecting salt.
Oysters sheds contain a museum and various animated exhibitions about: salt, oysters, ship's carpenters, marine mammal's run aground on the island, seaweeds and the oyster's heritage.
The river enables a small boat's tour, but no guide there, its you who will row along the channel to discover the saltpan's plants !
The site also offers amarkes at path and a discovering path.
Shops are at your disposal on the site: a restaurant, a craft shop, a regional products shop and a salt seller shop.
The Country Headdress and Customes House
The country house presents the traditional housing of Oleron and its outbuildings: the forge, the horse-vehicules used on the island.
Do not forget the grandmother's garden which regroupes about forty medicinal plantes, resinous shed and the bakery's oven, that is still used on the occasion of the bakery's celebration.
The headdress and costumes house relates on costume wear on the island : ovrall working clothes and ceremony costumes.
On the island, women used to wear every day a headdress, also can we find a large variety of them.
Activities : salt's celebration in mid August,
farmer markets and environment day.
Open from the 1st April to the 30th september.
Petit-Village - 17370 - Le Grand-Village-Plage
Tel : 05 46 75 82 28
The museum is opened all year for groups.
From the 1st July to the 31st August for individuals.
Activities : Bakery's celebration (end of June)
Folklore parties in July and August.
Boulevard de la plage - 17370 - Le Grand-Village-Plage
Tél: 05 46 47 43 44 - Fax: 05 46 47 42 17
