Indre: the Agat d'iau, the Berrichon, the Brenne

Claire and her son Hadrien leave without a tent and (almost) without money in Pays Berrichon. They discover the Bérrichon dialect, the Brenne Park, the story of George Sand, and village festivals in central France!

Portraits 2 Passages Indre takes you to the Berrichon region and more precisely to Indre! It is the turn of Claire and her son Hadrien to embark on the adventure. Claire and Hadrien are very adventurous since they both chose to leave without a tent and with a very limited budget! On the program: the Brenne Park, village festivals, the house of George Sand and a lot of Berrichon patois!

The challenges

La Mare

Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin chose a pen name under which she would become a very famous novelist, playwright, letter writer, literary critic, women's rights activist and journalist. Go to his house, somewhere on the territory.

This is the Castle of Nohant, an 18th century castle, located in Nohant-Vic, in the south of Berry (30km south-east of Chateauroux). This castle was owned by George Sand. Today, it is open to the public and its garden is classified as a remarkable garden!

The Promenade

Ebbes the Noble gave it his name, go grass in this green setting.

This enigma contains a word specific to the Berrichon patois! In fact, “laze” means “to stroll.” The enigma invites us to find a park linked to Ebbes the Noble. It was the Ebbes Valley, an area surrounded by nature close to the city center of Chateauroux.

It is Paudy that they find

Find this dungeon, 35 m high today solitary, which makes one say that it was well surrounded in the past. Because there, in the Middle Ages, there was a wooden castle, built in the first half of the 12th century by Raoul II, lord of Issoudun.

The Paudy dungeon is the last remnant of a castle that dated from the Middle Ages. It is located in Paudy, north of Issoudun.

The woodland

Listed as a historic monument, this red house owes its name to the color of the plaster with which it was covered during the renovation undertaken at the beginning of the 19th century. The house was built for a wealthy merchant family, the Godards. Find this house.

This enigma refers to the half-timbered house located in the city center of La Châtre (south of Indre).

Wildlife

Do you want to freshen up? Go and dip your feet in the biggest pond in La Brenne. Maybe you'll come across cranes and cistudes there.

The Red Sea pond, with its 160 hectares, is the largest pond in Brenne.

Elegance

Go to this museum in Argenton-sur-Creuse dedicated to a very particular know-how.

This is the Museum of Shirt and Male Elegance in Argenton-sur-Creuse!

The Merciful

Located on a site of Marian apparitions, this place attracts a number of pilgrims. Go to this site.

Discover the sanctuary of Pellevoisin, where Marie appeared to Estelle and asked her to publish her glory.

Champagne!

Here is a hell of a door! Classified as a historical monument, you will find it not far from the Saint-Sylvain collegiate church.

It is the Champagne Gate. This door dates from the 16th century and is located in Levroux.

The colorless

Thanks to this engineering structure, trains and convoys had spanned the Creuse since 1886. Now, this passage is reserved for passers-by. Take a video of this place for a stroll.

The viaduct is located in Le Blanc (south-west of Indre). It is the most impressive monument in the city. Built from 1885 to 1886, it allowed railway convoys coming from Poitiers and Montmorillon to cross the river at a height of 38 m.

Olympus

In a few days, the greatest athletes in the world will be competing there. Go to this place where precision and ballistics are in the spotlight.

For the 2024 Olympics, the Olympic shooting events are organized at the National Center for Shooting Sport in Déols, near Châteauroux.