Échiquier de Moussais la Bataille
The Chessboard of Moussais-la-Bataille, in Vouneuil-sur-Vienne, invites you to discover the stakes of the famous battle of Poitiers of 732 where opposed Charles Martel and Abd al-Rahman, Umayyad governor of Cordoba.
Here, on the scene of the confrontation, the course of history is traced back with the help of a giant chessboard on which the public moves from box to box, from drawings to quotes.
Around it, reading tables translated into English and Arabic are devoted to the two leaders who faced each other and to the great civilizations of the medieval world that they represent: the Muslim East and the Christian West.
Audio guides are available at the Grand Châtellerault Tourist Office.
Nearby: the Pinail nature reserve, the Gallo-Roman theater of Old Poitiers, the Moulin de Chitré, the Moulière forest, Châtellerault.
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86210 VOUNEUIL-SUR-VIENNE