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A visit is absolutely recommended, unique.

water point in the parking lot

Beautiful route, there is a restaurant at the lake and from Rioux-Martin you can make a nice round trip

Located on one of the paths to Santiago de Compostela, the Via Turonensis (Road to Tours), the Saint-Denys de Montmoreau church was built in the 12th century. It has retained its original appearance, with the exception of the square Romanesque bell tower which was completely modified in the mid-19th century by Paul Abadie. A Romanesque church whose façade is marked by a polylobed portal and two arcades. It consists of a nave covered with a barrel vault, a transept whose crossing has a dome on pendentives and a vast, very bright semicircular apse. The chevet bordering the road is decorated with a very prominent horizontal cordon supported by modillions representing human or animal faces. The magnificent Romanesque frontispiece has an arched portal whose five arches form an archivolt resting on slender columns with sculpted capitals. The inner arch is openworked by six lobes ending with symbolic animal heads. All the decorations bear witness to an oriental influence in the South-West Romanesque and especially to the virtuosity of the sculptors. https://www.montmoreau.fr/index-module-orki-page-view-id-115.html https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00104432/montmoreau-eglise-saint-denis

The ruins of the Château de la Tour-Blanche dominate the village to the east and peak at 150 m. All that remains of the fortified castle is a large square tower built in white stone, a curtain wall and a secondary tower built on a mound probably replacing a wooden fort The Wars of Religion were fatal to the castle in 1569 and during the siege of the city in 1652 during the Fronde. The castle was confiscated and sold as national property in 1794. The ruins of the castle have been classified as historical monuments since November 20, 1906 During the night of October 11 to 12, 2015, a fire destroyed the entire inhabited part of the south wing, causing one death

Beautiful village but chateau is private

The course of the Dronne extends over 200 kilometers. At this location, as at others, it is classified as a natural area of ecological, fauna and flora interest. It is possible to observe, among other things, tree frogs, white-clawed crayfish, otters and mink, kingfishers and larks, and also lampreys.

This is a fishing lake. A path allows you to follow the banks in a very nice environment.