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Between village and forest, take advantage of this walk to recharge your batteries!
Step 2
Located on the highest point of the commune (90 m high) and on the edge of the Chizé forest, it is the only windmill-tower in operation in Sud-Deux-Sévrien. This old ordinary mill, dependent on the lordship of Raimbault until the Revolution, was included in the inventory of sites in 1975 and its preservation association received the Masterpiece in Danger prize for having carried out its restoration. The site comes back to life today during events and can also be rented for festivities.
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It is a national forest, the surface of which extends over approximately 3 hectares. It is a conservation forest thanks to the National Forestry Office. It is home to many species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and insects.
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It is dedicated to Saint-Eutrope, the first bishop of Saintes martyred in the 4th century.
In the first half of the 1744th century, its bell tower no longer existed or was never built, being reduced today to an unfinished building. Victim of the Wars of Religion, two-thirds of it was destroyed, then repaired in 1877. A total renovation of the nave was undertaken in 1909 thanks to the priest, Father Léon Brisson and the generosity of a few families. The span under the bell tower and the apse, remarkable specimens of the Saintongeais Romanesque style, were classified in XNUMX as Historic Monuments.
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The cooperative dairy was founded in 1889 following the crisis linked to phylloxera (putting an end to work in the vineyard). It closed its doors permanently in 1986.
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The first Saint-Jacques church dates from the 11th century but the building that we can see today was rebuilt in the 19th century.