THE TERRACE

Welcome to the terrace, the outlook gives you a view of both the medieval city and the Vienne valley. You can also be exposed to the wind: the Bise wind (North-East) bringing the cold, the galerne wind (North-West) bringing the rain or, in summer, the Brise (South-East).
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  • Town hall of the former municipality of Saint-Martial. Just behind it is the former Parish Church, converted into a primary school in the 1950s.

    Flins Tower (private)

  • The castel of Harcourt (12th century), its courtyard is freely accessible to the public. It host the digital museum Micro-Folie (free), which offers a tour of more than 2000 works from national and international museums (more info can be provided at the reception)

    The Bishops' Castle or Baronial Castle (11th - 15th century), romanesque dungeon (12th century).

    Remains of the Gothic dungeon of the Baronial Castle (14-15th century).

    Bell tower of the Saint-Pierre collegiate church (12th century)

    Civaux Nuclear Power Plant

  • The public gardens

    Fish farming in the Talbat (trout, ...)

    Panorama of the medieval city

  • Museum of Pupular Traditions and Archeology

    At the end of the 19th The railway network reached Chauvigny with the development of the Poitiers-Le Blanc section, resulting in the construction of a viaduct over the Vienne (with its 6 arches, it measures 30 m wide). This link helped the town's industrial production to flourish. Today, the track has been rehabilitated as a bicycle-railway (Vélo-Rail).

    The Saint-Pierre collegiate church(12th century)

    Notre-Dame church

    In front of the open stone quarries, a grain silo dating from the 1950s can be seen.