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Poitiers [a] is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune , the capital of the Vienne department and the historical center of Poitou Province . In 2021, it had a population of 90,240.
350-367 - Hilary of Poitiers first bishop of Poitiers. [1] 418 – Region of southwest Gaul ceded to Visigoths per treaty. [1] 507 – Battle of Vouillé fought near Poitiers; Franks win. [1] 552 – Holy Cross Abbey (Poitiers) founded. 732 – 10 October: Battle of Tours fought near Poitiers; Frankish forces defeat Mohammedans. [1]
The first municipal building in Poitiers was the alderman's office in Rue Paul Guillon which was completed in the 15th century. [ 2 ] Following significant population growth in the mid-19th century, largely associated with the train services arriving at the newly completed Poitiers station , the council decided to redevelop the city centre.
Poitou (UK: / ˈ p w ʌ t uː / PWUH-too, US: / p w ɑː ˈ t uː / pwah-TOO, [2] [3] [4] French:; Latin: Pictaviensis, Pictavia; Poitevin: Poetou) was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
Poitiers was the regional capital. Other important cities were La Rochelle , Niort , Angoulême , Châtellerault , Saintes , Rochefort and Royan . Poitou-Charentes was merged with Aquitaine and Limousin to form the new administrative region of It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine on January 1, 2016.
In 1384–86 Jean I, duc de Berry, who was also appanage count of Poitiers, rebuilt the part of the palace which had been destroyed by fire. On the one hand, the donjon and the ramparts were reconstructed; on the other hand, the private apartments were restored in the Gothic Flamboyant style by Jean's court architect and sculptor Guy de Dammartin.
The Battle of Tours, [6] also called the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs (Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء, romanized: Maʿrakat Balāṭ ash-Shuhadā'), [7] was fought on 10 October 732, and was an important battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul.
The first museum of the city of Poitiers was created in 1820. It then moved to the ground floor of the new town hall built at the end of the Second Empire. In 1947, a major donation by the Société des Antiquaires de l'Ouest considerably enriched the city's collections, regional archeology and numismatics being strengthened, as well as fine ...