GARDENS OF NOUAILLE-MAUPERTUIS
86340 Nouaille Maupertuis

On the outskirts of Poitiers, Nouaille-Maupertuis abbey is nestled in a green bower. Set on the banks of the Miosson river, these remarkable monastic buildings surrounded by a fortified enclosure, is an invitation to become acquainted with more than one thousand years of art and history. But Nouaille is also a reminder of the violence of the 100 Years War: in September 1356 in the wood next to the abbey, the Black Prince, son of the King Edward of England, took King Jean II (le Bon), of France, prisoner after a day-long battle. At the foot of the abbey's ramparts, a garden of medicinal plants attracts the visitors who throng especially during the medieval festival that takes place in May.