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Explore Pouancay in France
Pouancay in the region of Poitou-Charentes with its 296 inhabitants is a town in France - some 166 mi or ( 267 km ) South-West of Paris , the country's capital city .
Current time in Pouancay is now 07:53 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Vaudelnay, Varrains, Varennes-sur-Loire, Treze, and Tours. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Vaudelnay . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Pouancay ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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La Grande Maison Thouars France
La Grande Maison Thouars France www.lagrandemaison.biz Gites, Chambre D'hote, Bed & Breakfast Situated a few miles south of Saumur and the Loire valley between the market towns of Thouars and Loudun. ..
La Grande Maison Thouars - Vendange - The Wine Harvest
La Grande Maison Gites & Chambre d'Hote Thouars, France www.lagrandemaison.biz Situated a few miles south of Saumur and the Loire valley between the market towns of Thouars and Loudun. Only a four hou ..
Abbaye de Fontevraud
L'Abbaye de Fontevraud est située en région Pays de la Loire. Nécropole royale des Plantagenêt, elle frappe autant par sa taille que par son originalité. Transformée en prison par Napoléon en 1804 (le ..
L'ABBAYE ROYALE de FONTEVREAUD France ...Film de Raymond Grelet.
L'ABBAYE de FONTEVREAUD.C'est en 1101 que Robert d'Arbrissel se fixe avec sa communauté d'hommes et de femmes dans le vallon de Fontevreaud. Cette implantation à la frontière de trois provinces (l'Anj ..
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Château de Ternay
The Château de Ternay in the Loire Valley in the province of Poitou was built by the Aviau de Ternay family. On twelfth-century foundations, the present château is the result of building campaigns from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Charles Louis d'Arsac, Chevalier de Ternay (1722–1780), styled Chevalier de Ternay, born at the château, escorted the French troops of Rochambeau to join the American Revolution.
Located at 47.04 -0.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Château de Montreuil-Bellay
The Château de Montreuil-Bellay is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the site of a Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet River. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. During the medieval period the property, consisting of more than 1,000 acres, was part of a group of 32 villages near-by that created the then known as "L'Anjou".
Located at 47.13 -0.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Château de Ranton
The Château de Ranton is a small fortified castle in the village of Ranton, in the Department of the Vienne just west of Loudun, and south of the Loire. It was one of the front-line of fortresses which were built to defend the royal city of Loundun at the beginning of the Hundred Years' War in 1340-1345. It played this military role until 1372. It then became a feudal manor and one of the estates of aristocratic families associated with the Courts of the French Kings and the Dukes of Anjou.
Located at 47.00 -0.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Château de Brézé
Château de Brézé is a small, dry-moated castle located in Brézé, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, France. The château was transformed during the 16th and the 19th centuries. The current structure is Renaissance in style yet retains medieval elements including a drawbridge and a 12th century trogloditic basement. Today, it is the residence of descendants of the ancient lords. The château is a listed ancient monument originally dating from 1060.
Located at 47.17 -0.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Château d'Oiron
The Château d'Oiron is located in Oiron, in the Deux-Sèvres département of western France. It has its origins in the 15th century war with the English for control of France when a victorious Charles VII of France gave the domain and great forest of Oiron to Guillaume Gouffier who became governor of Touraine. This château is the background for Charles Perrault's fairy tale, Puss in Boots. King Louis XIV's mistress, Madame de Montespan was one of the residents in the place.
Located at 46.95 -0.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
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