Poitiers, Ville d'Art et d'Histoire

Poitiers, an ancient fortified city, sits on a rocky spur. Several towers testify today to this rich medieval past. Surrounded by two rivers and as many green valleys, the historic center is locally nicknamed "the plateau". At the top of this vast promontory stand two of its most beautiful monuments, the palace of the Counts of Poitou and the church of Notre-Dame-la-Grande. Along the narrow streets, mansions from the Renaissance period mingle with timber-framed houses from the Middle Ages. The prefecture and the town hall are evidence of the Haussmannian style of the 19th century.
As for the two glass parallelepipeds that you can see, shining with a thousand yellows, on the west side, they house the shows of the Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers (TAP) all year round. The city known as "the city of a hundred steeples" is erudite, cultural, festive, and a place for the arts