Bodysuit, small rural town located in the heart of the plain, between the Poitou and saintonge, is crossed to the north by the Marmais stream and to the south by Courance. Cited for the first time in the 13th century, it belonged to the chatellenie of Chizé, Then the marquisate of streamer. The town of Bodysuit, grouped around its roman church completely remodeled over the centuries, today retains its agricultural vocation.
What to see in Juscorps?
01. Saint-Maixent church
Partly destroyed during religious wars, the 12th century building is restores © in the 18th century by the lord, then the inhabitants. Vendu in 1796, he was transformed into a house and barn. Renovated in the 19th and 20th centuries, only its Romanesque pillars are preserved.
To have : the pillar representing lions common-headed devouring their twisted tails, the modern stained glass window placed in a south window and evoking the patron of the church. Its monastery was one of the seventeen priories-cures under theAugustinian Abbey of Notre-Dame de Cherves.
Other curiosities to see:
- The old windmill of the Great Walnut
- The wash house
- The apiary municipal educational
