Things to see and do La Brenne

The Bouchet Castle is built on the highest "button" of Brenne: the highest eminence of sandstone. Built in red sandstone, it dominates its environment. Its oldest buildings, the logis and two towers, dates back to the xiiith century. There are also two dungeons: the largest of the xivth century and the xve small. Two wings of the castle were rebuilt in the seventeenth century in the classic style. Recently sold, the castle opened its doors in 2018. Rooms that have previously been closed to the public are visible. From the terrace, we have a magnificent view of the beautiful pond of the Red Sea. After the castle visit, take the air on the Red Sea. A beautiful walk runs along the pond. It is very busy on Sundays.

The museum is located in an ancient house, just next to the one where the great adventurer died. Henry de Monfreid (1879-1974) was an adventurer, writer (70 novels) and a painter: he is a figure to discover! The museum presents watercolours and personal memories of the writer. Video mounts also present their multiple journeys.

The Saint Martin Church in Prissac has enjoyed a complete renovation. It's a modest building, two neves. The bell tower dates from the twelfth century, but most of the church was rebuilt in the fifteenth century. It has beautiful wall paintings from the end of the Middle Ages. There is the representation of Saint Catherine, a martyr of Saint Andrew and one of Saint Sebastian. In the chapel, the «Say of the Three Dead and Three Vifs» is staged, near the representation of the four evangelists. Parts are missing, but a leaflet is available in the church and the site provides very complete explanations. In statute, one notes a saint Martin in wood and a saint Radegonde stone.

This museum tells all Brenne. It offers a superb collection of over 800 birds of all sizes and presents life in the old Brenne. It contains geological studies of a region's prehistorian and models of rural houses. The presentation of metallurgical activity, from the Gallic era to the large forges, is very pedagogical (animated model). It describes the system of ponds and the activities of this wetland. Admire the great model of the Naillac castle, as it should be in the xve century. And enjoy the view of the city. Temporary exhibition from July to September.

Please note: a very pleasant welcome and wise advice! The establishment has become an information office.

The Office de Tourisme du Blanc has a very complete reception approach. It informs you free of charge about the local tourist offer, offers free access to Wi-Fi and provides tourist maps, maps and tourist guides. The team speaks at least two foreign languages and the website of the Tourist Office is available in French, English and Spanish. The Facebook page is well fed. Other info: the office also serves as a point of sale SNCF, so it can buy its train tickets.

3 museums in 1: this is the concept of the three Musées museums! Its first pole - agricultural mechanisation - presents more than 500 pieces of smaller hand tools to the combine. The second pole - Space Gutenberg - has five centuries of technical evolution in the printing field. A rural factor, the third pole recounts 150 years of postal history in Berry. On the first floor, the museum has a temporary exhibition room, which brought to the fore the work of Patrick van Ingen, a chainsaw sculptor, resident in the town of Prissac in 2014.

The tourist office of Belâbre is located at the entrance to the campsite on the riverside. Julie informs you all year round about tourist events, accommodations and local activities. The tourist office also manages camping (24 locations, 5 chalets and camping grounds) and the various boat and canoe rentals, bicycles and mini golf. A cyberspace with wifi is available.

The priory Saint-Genitour is built by the end of the eleventh century by the powerful Abbey abbey. It is around this building that the low city begins to develop. In the thirteenth century, the chapel of the priory, extended from a nef, became the parish church. The church then enlarges with chapel additions: one in the fifteenth century, two others in the xviie and the last in the xixe, together with a wind. Admire the Romanesque chorus and the grotesques that finish truncated colonnants, gothic chapels and relics of Saint Genour. A very large picture recently restored, Caesar's Denier, is hung in the transept. This is the old copy of a work by Pierre Paul Rubens.

It is the ancient church of the Convent of the Recollets, built from 1623. It is very simple and has good acoustics. The square bell dates from the twentieth century. Its furniture is particularly remarkable: It has a chair and a retable of the eighteenth century, another retable of the seventeenth century and the famous sockets containing the relics of the «Holy Saints». Beautiful stained glass of the twentieth century represents the legend of the Holy Saints and the martyrdom of Saint Etienne. Notice the poilu hosted by Christ.

Former possession of the Abbey Abbey, it houses until 1269 the relics of the Monk Cyran, the founder of the Abbey of Brenne. Near the Naillac Castle, it dominates the Creuse. It has all the purity and simplicity of Romanesque churches: a rectangular nef, a right choir, a square bell and a tile cover. The interior is clear and we are struck by its elevation. On the west wall, you can admire a painting illustrating the three dead and three vivos. This theme is also located in Antigny, close to Vienna or Prissac and Chavin in Indre. This decommissioned church serves local products in season.

The regional park of La is among its cities the charming city of Blanc. His visit is rich in many sites to discover, including: its castle (Naillac Castle) with its 2 big dungeons, its museums (the Ecomuseum Ecomuseum and the house of friends of the white)… Of course the streets will be a great pleasure… So the visit of the Blanc is not finished!

The Moulin de la Filature was in the Middle Ages a wheat mill and, in the nineteenth century, became a flax spinning that welcomed up to 400 workers in its most beautiful years. Today the mill has been restored and offers both an exhibition room (on the ground floor) and a show room (upstairs). The entertainment program is available on the website of the Tourist Office of Le Blanc. Humor, theater, dance run through the shows. It plays both Feydeau and Laurent Mauvignier. We hear Albin de la Simone or jazz. There are also games of theatrical improvization…