Royan
Royan (French pronunciation: [ʁwajɑ̃]; Roeyan [ʁwejɑ̃] in the Saintongeais dialect; Occitan: Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Capital of the Côte de Beauté, Royan is one of the main French Atlantic coastal resort towns, and has five beaches, a marina for over 1,000 boats, and an active fishing port.
Royan is located on the peninsula of Arvert, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary on its eastern shore. Royan was once of strategic importance, coveted in particular by the Visigoths and the Vikings. During the Reformation the city became a Protestant stronghold, and was besieged and destroyed by King Louis XIII (ruled 1610–43). During the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830), and especially during the Second Empire (1852–1870), Royan was celebrated for its sea baths. It attracted many artists during the Roaring Twenties.
Allied bombing between September 1944 and April 1945 destroyed the town. Known then as the "martyred city", it was declared a "Laboratory of research on urbanism", and it is now a showcase of the Modernist architecture of the 1950s. It was classified as a Town of Art and History (Ville d'Art et d'Histoire) in 2010. Royan today is a tourist and cultural hub, with some 90,000 visitors each summer season.
Dove Sei
- 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000000Z
In My Room
- 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000000Z
The Way It Is
- 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z
Wanna Go Home
- 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000000Z
Future
- 2025-05-09T00:00:00.000000Z
not4u
- 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z
20 ends
- 2020-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z
18
- 2018-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z
Stars
- 2018-06-23T00:00:00.000000Z
Restart
- 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Similar Artists