Musee Henri Barre, Thouars

Places to see in ( Thouars - France )

Places to see in ( Thouars - France )

Thouars is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It is on the River Thouet. Its inhabitants are known as Thouarsais.

In the 760s, Thouars found itself in Aquitaine, the most robust fortress in the entire region according to contemporary chroniclers. This was a violent decade as Duke Waïfre, struggling to preserve the independence of Aquitaine, fought against the expansionist ambitions of the French King, Pepin the Short. In 762, accompanied by his son, the future Charlemagne, appeared outside Thouars. He destroyed the Gallo-Roman town and torched the castle.

In the ninth century the first of a line of viscounts took charge of Thouars: he and his successors would control the fiefdom for more than five centuries until the end of the fourteenth century. The earliest of these Viscounts of Thouars for whom information survives is Geoffrey I, known as the founder of the Thouars dynasty. Located at the south of Anjou and at the frontier with Aquitaine, the Viscountcy of Thouars became a rich fiefdom with a strategic location extending from Upper Poitou all the way to the coast.

Alot to see in ( Thouars - France ) such as :

The castle of the Dukes of La Trémoille, designed by Jacques Lemercier and completed in 1635–1638. Its main façade is more than 110 m tall. After the Trémouilles were dispossessed during the French Revolution, the château became a barracks and later a prison. It has been restored for its present use as a middle school.
Walls, with several historical towers (Tour du Prince-de-Galles, Tour Porte au Prévost)
Church of Saint-Laone (12th century). It houses the tomb of Margaret Stewart, first spouse of King Louis XI of France.
Church of St. Medard (15th century), in Romanesque style
The Neo-Gothic Chapel of Joan of Arc
Henri-Barré museum

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