Charente: Angouleme Comics, Cognac Brandy, and Romanesque Art
Charente centres on Angouleme, a city perched on a plateau above the river. The annual Festival International de la Bande Dessinee (International Comics Festival), held since 1974, has made Angouleme the world capital of comic strip art. Murals by comic artists cover walls throughout the city. The Cite Internationale de la Bande Dessinee et de l'Image occupies riverside buildings.
Cognac, twenty minutes west, is a small town of about 19,000 that gives its name to the famous brandy. The major houses, Hennessy, Martell, Remy Martin, and Courvoisier, have their cellars along the Charente river. The department has about 352,000 residents. The Romanesque churches of the Charente, with their elaborately sculpted facades, are a distinctive regional artistic tradition. Confolens, in the north, hosts an international folklore festival.
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Charente centres on Angouleme, a city perched on a plateau above the river. The annual Festival International de la Bande Dessinee (International Comics Festival), held since 1974, has made Angouleme the world capital of comic strip art. Murals by comic artists cover walls throughout the city. The Cite Internationale de la Bande Dessinee et de l'Image occupies riverside buildings.
Cognac, twenty minutes west, is a small town of about 19,000 that gives its name to the famous brandy. The major houses, Hennessy, Martell, Remy Martin, and Courvoisier, have their cellars along the Charente river. The department has about 352,000 residents. The Romanesque churches of the Charente, with their elaborately sculpted facades, are a distinctive regional artistic tradition. Confolens, in the north, hosts an international folklore festival.
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