A Stimulating Heritage
DISTILLER OF SENSATIONS AMUS-EUM YOURSELVES! You’ve not seen cultural sites like these before! Keep tapping your foot... Blues, classical, rock, electro… festivals to A stimulating be consumed without moderation heritage Top 10 family activities An explosive mixture! TÉLÉCHARGEZ L’APPLICATION 04 06 CONT Frieze Amus-eum ENTS chronological YOURSELVES ! 12 15 In the Enjoy life in a château ! blessèd times of the abbeys 16 18 Map of our region A stimulating Destination Cognac heritage 20 On Cognac 23 24 Creativity Walks and recreation in the course of villages 26 30 Cultural Top 10 diversity family activities VISITS AND HERITAGE GUIDE VISITS AND HERITAGE 03 Frieze chronological MIDDLE AGES 1th century ANTIQUITY • Construction of the Château de First vines planted and creation of Bouteville around the year 1000 the first great highways • 1st mention of the town of Cognac (Via Agrippa, Chemin Boisné …) (Conniacum) in 1030 • Development of the salt trade LOWER CRETACEOUS along the Charente PERIOD 11th to 13th centuries -130 million years ago • Romanesque churches are built all • Dinosaurs at Angeac-Charente over the region 14th and 15th centuries • The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) – a disastrous period for the region, successively English and French NEOLITHIC PERIOD RENAISSANCE • Construction of several dolmens End of the 15th century in our region • Birth of François 1st in the Château de Cognac in 1494 King of France from 1515 to 1547 16th century • “Coup de Jarnac” - In 1547, during a duel, Guy de Chabot (Baron de Jarnac) slashed the calf of his adversary, the lord of La Châtaigneraie with a blow of his sword.
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