Niort Marais poitevin – Vallée de la Sèvre Niortaise Tourist Office offers practical informations to book and organize your trip in Niort and in the Marais Poitevin, “Grand Site de France”.Gites, hotels, guest houses, campsites… come and relax in a quiet place, over the river Sèvre Niortaise and its castles. Ride by boat, by walk or by bike : conquer the Green Venice. Discover animations, activities, sites you must see, restaurants… to move during your next holidays between plain and marsh.
Historical Niort - What you absolutely must visit
Publié le Tue, 18/06/2013 - 14:02
Niort Keep
It is the last remains of a vast castle and the second largest twin tower keep in France and an exceptionnal monument.It is an exceptional building for the history of military construction in the Middle Ages. First part was built by Henry II plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, while their son, Richard Coeur de Lion, erected the second keep, the northernmost. It was extended and changed in the XVth and XVIIIth centuries.
Don’t miss the new exhibition about the monument in the historic and cultural environment.
