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Your itinerary
Step 1
You are about to begin the journey from port to port of Magné. You will find additional information, riddles, games, etc. along the way. Let yourself be guided by the markings on the ground and enjoy the magnificent village of Magné! Let's go !
Step 2
Throughout your walk, you will discover different places, including ports. In fact, several ports were necessary for the village of Magné in order to be able to cope with the development of trade between Niort and Marans. Each point of interest on the route will allow you to learn a little more about a particular subject. Here on "Washers".
Step 3
Stop by this recently renovated building to learn more about marsh fishing and tools.
Step 4
Here you will find a wooden footbridge allowing you to cross, as well as a small explanatory panel on the legend of the Bras Rouge…
Step 5
The panel here in a bucolic setting gives you some information about the pollarded ash tree. It is the most emblematic variety of the marsh.
Step 6
The primitive Saint-Germain d'Auxerre building, built in 936 by the Charroux Abbey, was destroyed by the Normans. In 1508, a chapter of six canons under the name of Sainte-Catherine was founded by Catherine de Coëtivy, niece of the king and wife of the lord of Magné. The church was built in 1521 by the architect Mathurin Berthomé. The vaults collapsed in 1568 following the pillaging and burning of the Huguenots. In 1789, the monument became a fodder warehouse and a military hospital for the scabby in 1793. It was restored in the 1913th century and classified as a Historic Monument in XNUMX.
Step 7
Although we can no longer admire it today, it is not surprising that a fortified castle existed in the town of Magné. Remember that the village is on the banks of the Sèvre, and that ill-intentioned expeditions could very well go up its course.
Step 8
The Sèvre was part of the daily life of market gardeners. Rich in fish, it also turned the wheels of the mills, served as river routes, etc.
Step 9
A former pot oven modernized by Mr Pontet, the factory has become an essential exhibition venue in Niortais since 1998. Magnesian pottery is an old industry whose first traces of activity date back to the Neolithic. The first known workshop was born at the beginning of the 1980th century and the last closed in XNUMX. Magné manufactured utilitarian objects (milk pots, pots, coffee pots, mogette pots) and decorative objects (Tours and Paris shape flower pots), as well as devotional articles sold to pilgrims to Sainte-Macrina.
Step 10
The use of the wooden bridge, built in 1853 to replace the ferry, was prohibited in 1896 following the breakage of an oak plank constituting the deck, under the passage of a heavy cart. The current metal drawbridge dating from 1901 supports a load of 10 tonnes. Its mobile part allows boats to pass which once used 9 dam-locks from Niort to Marans in order to export salt, wine, eels and pottery.