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Royal city of Poitiers. France. Walking tour | 4K With captions
The ancient capital of Poitou
Poitiers has been known since ancient Roman times as the capital of the Pictons, a Gallic people, called Limonum. Christianized early in Roman times, it was a stronghold of orthodoxy under its first bishop, St. Hilary of Poitiers (4th cent.), and became a great religious center of Gaul. The city was a residence of Visigoth kings. Later on it was captured (507) by the Franks led by king Clovis I. In 732, one of the pivotal battle was held between Poitiers and Tours when Charles Martel defeted the Muslim Saracens army and ceased their further invasion in Europe. Poitiers was often sacked by the Normans in the 9th century.
Poitiers fell twice under English rule (1152-1204, 1360-72). In this magnificent city Eleanor of Aquitaine had her brilliant court and In 1152 she married the future King Henry II of England in the Saint-Pierre Cathedral. It was here, in Poitiers in 1356, Edward the Black Prince defeated and captured John II of France and his son, Philip the Bold of Burgundy. King Charles VII had his court in Poitiers from 1423 to 1436 while Paris was kept under English rule between 1418 and 1436. In the Wars of Religion (1562-98) the city was besieged (1568) by the Huguenots without any success. In 1577 the Edict of Poitiers was issued to guarantee religious freedom in France.
Nowadays Poitiers is known as an industrial, agricultural, educational and communication center including metallurgy, machine building, printing, and the manufacture of chemicals and electrical equipment. The university of Poitiers, founded by Charles VII in 1431 is one of the finest educational centres in the world keeping memories about great authors and scientists such as René Descartes, Joachim du Bellay and François Rabelais and many others.
00:00:15 Poitiers-Biard Airport
00:00:46 I am walking towards Poitiers railway station about 2.5km from the Poitiers-Biard Airport because no bus or rail connection.
00:08:47 Poitiers Train Station
00:09:54 Boulevard du Grand Cerf
00:11:15 Viaduc Léon-Blum
00:12:58 Boulevard Solférino
00:13:49 Banque de France
00:16:45 Place Alphonse Lepetit
00:18:04 Palais de Justice
00:20:41 Tour Maubergeon 11th-12th Century
00:23:42 Place Charles de Gaulle with houses dated back to XIV-XV centuries
00:27:53 Église Notre-Dame la Grande - Romanesque church from the 11th century, with a painted stone interior & stained-glass windows
00:32:00 Place Charles VII
00:34:42 Cure de Saint-Porchaire, 11th Century
00:38:23 Place du Maréchal-Leclerc
00:39:14 Hôtel de Ville de Poitiers
00:42:53 Palais des Ducs d'Aquitaine 12th Century
00:51:59 Médiathèque François-Mitterrand
00:56:50 Visiting Église Notre-Dame la Grande
01:02:39 Grand'Rue - Starting from Notre-Dame-la-Grande and running down the eastern side of the Clain River. The Grand'Rue is one of the longest in Poitiers known with its outstanding examples of the Medieval and Renaissance architecture.
01:06:16 Maison des Trois Clous 15th Century
01:06:44 Portail du Couvent des Minimes 17th Century
01:11:59 Boulevard du Pont Joubert
01:15:10 Rue de la Cathédrale
01:16:24 Hôtel a l'Enseigne de la Rose 15th Century: In March 1429 Jeanne d’Arc arrived at Poitiers to meet King Charles VII of France. The English held Paris between 1418 and 1436 and the Parliament moved to Poitiers as well, whose president was Jean Rabateau, owner of the house. The Hôtel a l'Enseigne de la Rosea was Jeanne d'Arc's residence during her stay in the city.
01:18:32 Hôtel Barbarin de Jousse 17th Century
01:21:12 Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers 12th Century - Eleanor of Aquitaine In 1152 married the future King Henry II of England.
01:26:48 Espace Pierre Mendès - Culture and Science for All
01:27:05 Musée Saint-Croix
01:27:30 Baptistère Saint-Jean - 4th Century, a examples of Merovingian architecture
01:28:47 Palais episcopal 18th Century
01:32:34 Passage du Clos des Carmes
01:33:34 Passage du Clos des Carmes
01:35:10 Hôtel de Beaucé 16th Century
01:41:24 Préfecture de La Vienne
01:50:10 Place de la Liberté
01:50:59 Statue de la Liberté
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