La Couarde

Peleboise House

"Pelebois", a word derived from the activity of forestry workers (called pelebois) whose work consisted in barking stakes coming from coppices of chesnut trees and extract from them tan liquor. The tan barks served also as roofing to forestry workers' house.
The Peleboise House is on the edge of the Hermitain Forest between Pays Mothais and Pays Mellois, country with varied bocages and hedges punctuated with age-old chesnut trees.
The hamlets are group together around springs and pools of running water that are important in Pays Pelebois.
The Peleboise House founded with the aim of welcoming school groups, camps, family holidays, walkers, seminars, training courses, offers in any season a great reception and great comfort in a peaceful surroundings.
Lodging
- 28 beds (rooms from 1 to 8 people)
- furnished kitchen
- gîte (self-catering accommodation in the country) for 4 people.
Tél. : 05.49.32.85.49

Protestant House

The Place of Worship in Beaussais, a church from the 12th century, whose choir is listed as an ancient monument, was handed over to protestants by the Concordat in 1803.
The Poitevin Protestant House tells the Reformation story, mainly in Poitou, from the precursors to the Repeal of Nantes Edict in 1685.
It presents the organization and function of the Protestant Church in France and Poitou in the 20th century.
The Place of Worship in La Couarde, built in 1904, just before the disestablishment of Church and State, presents the life during the "Désert".
The Désert is the period prohibiting protestants from practising their religion from the Repeal to Revolution.
Hughenot circuit available at the local Tourist Office.