Labeled a small town of character, Foussais-Payré is a village dominated by Renaissance architecture. The town reached its peak there thanks to the flourishing activity of clothiers, tanners and weavers, …
Founded in 1068, the royal abbey remains one of the rare monastic complexes of Bas-Poitou to have preserved its three elements ("St Vincent" church, cloister and convent buildings) almost intact. …
The fate of the village of Faymoreau changed in 1827 when a modest clog maker discovered a seam of coal while digging a well. This discovery leads, two kilometers from …