MONUMENT DES MATHES
This stele commemorates the fall of the Marquis de la Rochejaquelein, leader of the Vendée royalist uprising.
The island of Rié bears the memory of two major battles in the Wars of Religion and the Wars of the Vendée. King Louis XIII founded his military glory here in 1622, and the Vendée generalissimo Louis de La Rochejaquelein came under fire from the Bonapartists in 1815.Access from Le Pissot (commune of Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez), towards Le Perrier (D59), chemin de la Grenouillère.
Contact
Chemin de la grenouillère
85270 SAINT-HILAIRE-DE-RIEZ
FRANCE
85270 SAINT-HILAIRE-DE-RIEZ
FRANCE
Practical information
Opening times
Open all year round
Site theme
Minor heritage
Access to the free site
Yes
Location
Further information
Visible point of interest without tour
