Charente Limousine

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Valley of the Vienne (68 km)

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Confolens, medieval city

Standing at the confluence of the Vienne and the Goire, Confolens has always been a strategic place. But the town really developed during the Middle Ages. The town has preserved several features from this period including fine half-timbered houses, a rue du Soleil which never sees the sun, a helter-skelter street, a keep, a pont Vieux, squat, slightly humpbacked, across the Vienne...

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Redlands (91 km)

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Roumazières-Loubert, the city of clay

This is the land of the tile makers, the brick makers and potters. The mottled and coloured clay (light yellow, dark yellow, ochre, brown) has been plentiful since Neolithic times.
Man has made use of it and even today much of French tile production is centred here. Red tiles cover the town and makes the walls !...

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