abstract:Saintonge () is a small region and historical province on the Atlantic coast of France within the département Charente-Maritime, west and south of Charente in the administrative region of Poitou-Charentes.
The South-WestSchool (SaintongeandPoitou) in the vasterscaleofitsdecorationalreadyshows the germ of the cycleswhich were to bearsuchsplendidfruit in the sculpture of the Gothicperiod.