Poitiers biography

The city of Poitiers in France has a wide variety of sites to visit - many royal palaces, churches and castles, battlefields, and historical areas. It is one of the oldest cities in France and a prime example of how the history of France and Europe is centuries long and eventful.

Poitiers is located in one of the western departments of the French Republic called Vienne. This historical area is called Poitou. Poitiers has been an ordinary provincial French city for many centuries.

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The economic rise of the city occurred in the 1970s and 1980s.

There were 3 important battles for France and Europe there. Every native of this city knows such historical personalities as Eleanor Aquitaine, Joan of Arc and Richard the Lionheart.

Both ruled the city at different times.

Today Poitiers is the historical, cultural, economic and spiritual center of the western part of France.

What else is famous and wonderful in this city? Read on to find out. 

Foundation and Gallo - Roman peri