Thursday 22nd August
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| Old town in Poitiers |
Today we visit the main city in the Poitou. Poitiers has a resonance being the site of two battles, one a victory for the Franks in the 8th Century, and the other a decisive conflict in the 100 years war in 1356, won by the English. Funnily enough, only one battle is mentioned in the tourist information.
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| Cathedrale St Pierre |
Poitiers is a smallish city, considering its strategic importance and its role as the one-time capital of France, and that is its strong point. Three routes were neatly laid out in coloured paints, and we did two of them, one to the old town (route jaune) and one to the cathedral of St Pierre (route bleu). Each walk was around a mile long which was plenty. There were some lovely old buildings, but we were unfortunate to arrive at the ancient Baptistery de St Jean just into the French lunch hour.
The facade of the Cathedral of St Pierre was pretty amazing and we enjoyed looking at all the little figures painstakingly carved in the stone of the Portico.
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| Frescoes on ceiling of the Abbey |
In the afternoon we went off to see the frescoes in the Abbey of St Savin, which was around 30 miles due East of Poitiers. They depicted scenes from the bible including the stories from the first 5 books of the bible. It was interesting, although the exhibition was only in French, which made it hard work to translate. That was enough for one day and we returned to the Chateau for a lovely evening meal.
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