Located at the crossroads of two major roads, the Gallo-Roman Tours-Poitiers that crossed the river Manse at a place called La Boue, and Gallo-Roman Loches-Chinon, the town itself is a place of residence and passage for two millennia. Many episodes in the history of France have also marked its territory, Saint Martin and the evangelization of Touraine, Charles Martel's resistance to Arab invasions, feudalism, Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War, economic activity in the eighteenth century, the passage of the Prussians in 1870, center of instruction of the army in 1914-1918, clash with the German army and occupation in 1940...
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