The Isle of Oléron or Oléron Island is an island off the Atlantic coast of France, on the southern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait.
Oléron island aerial view.
Château Fournier, located in Saint-Georges d'Oléron, bears witness to the island's wine-growing past. Today, it has been transformed into a retirement home.
Saint George's church, Oléron
Île d'Oléron bridge, seen from Le Château d'Oléron
Île de Ré is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait.
Its highest point has an elevation of 20 metres. It is 30 kilometres long and five kilometres wide. The 2.9 km (1.8 mi) Île de Ré bridge, completed in 1988, connects it to La Rochelle on the mainland.
Image: Ile de Re vue du ciel
Image: Re Martin
The citadel of Saint-Martin. Military mock-up, 1702. Musée des Plans-Reliefs
The naval bombardment of St Martin, Île de Ré, by British and Dutch fleets on 15 and 16 July 1696