6 Sights in Poitiers, France (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Poitiers, France. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Poitiers, France.
Sightseeing Tours in Poitiers1. Église Sainte-Radégonde
The Church of Sainte-Radegonde is a medieval Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France, dating from the 6th century. It takes its name from the Frankish queen and nun, Radegund, who was buried in the church. Considered a saint, the church became a place of pilgrimage by those devoted to her heavenly intercession. The current church, constructed from the 11th to 12th centuries, was built in a combination of Romanesque and Angevin Gothic architectural styles.
2. Hôtel Fumé
The Hôtel Fumé, sometimes written Smoke or Fumey, is a flamboyant Gothic style building built in Poitiers between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A building sitting at the top of the slope on which the Rue de la Chaîne rushes rudely, the Hôtel Fumé now houses the administration and a few rooms of the Faculty of Human Sciences of the University of Poitiers.
3. Fontaine du Pont Joubert
The Pont-Joubert fountain, sometimes mistakenly called the Legate's fountain in confusion with another that was located further away, is a small building of the late Middle Ages located on the banks of the river Clain in Poitiers, in the department of Vienne. It adjoins a medieval bridge, the Pont Joubert, hence its name.
4. Dolmen dit La Pierre-Levée
La Pierre levée is a dolmen located in Poitiers, France. Known since antiquity, the Roman road Lemonum (Poitiers) - Avaricum (Bourges) - Lugdunum (Lyon) passed nearby, it is mentioned as early as the Middle Ages, being the subject of several descriptions or representations, and it is associated with local folklore.
5. Église Notre-Dame la Grande
Notre-Dame-la-Grande is a Romanesque collegiate church located in Poitiers. Characteristic of the Poitevin Romanesque style, its sculpted façade is a masterpiece of religious art of this period. The walls of the interior are painted.
6. Musée Rupert de Chièvres
The Musée Rupert-de-Chièvres is the second largest museum in the French city of Poitiers, behind the Musée Sainte-Croix. The building was previously called the Augustinian Convent. [citation needed]
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