Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Poitiers, France

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 3.4 km
Ascend 65 m
Descend 99 m

Explore Poitiers in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Poitiers

Sight 1: Église Saint-Hilaire le Grand

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The church of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand is a former basilica and collegiate church that has become a parish church in Poitiers.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (FR)

1301 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 2: Église Notre-Dame la Grande

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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.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame la Grande de Poitiers (FR)

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Statue de la Liberté

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Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty have been created worldwide. The original Statue of Liberty, designed by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, is 151 feet tall and stands on a pedestal that is 154 feet tall, making the height of the entire sculpture 305 feet.

Wikipedia: Replicas of the Statue of Liberty (EN)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Hôtel Fumé

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Fumé (FR)

562 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Église Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste

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Église Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste Original téléversé par Archeos sur Wikipédia français. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Montieranine Abbey is an ancient Benedictine abbey located in Poitiers in the department of Vienna.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Jean de Montierneuf (FR)

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Hôtel Couturer

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The Hôtel Couturer is a private mansion located in Poitiers, in the French department of Vienne.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Couturer (FR)

612 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Jardin des Plantes

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The Jardin des Plantes de Poitiers is a municipal park and botanical garden located at 1 rue du Jardin des Plantes, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is open daily without charge.

Wikipedia: Jardin des Plantes de Poitiers (EN)

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