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LE GOUT DU TERROIR A village in the heart of Berry
Reuilly is located near a
river called l'Arnon, an affluent of the Cher river since the Bronze era. It was told that King
Dagobert gave Reuilly to the Royal
Abbey of St-Denis in 638. From that time to the French Revolution, a
religious seigniory ruled the city. A crypt dating back from
the Carolingian period and a XIth century primitive roman style church remind
us the religious activity. Located at 25 km from
Bourges, Reuilly experienced long and devastatating war periods, with Normen
in 905 and Englis during the 100-year war. But the quality of its vineyard
has always given a great tenacity to its inhabitants. The monks of the abbey,
the Templar based at the Commanding Place of L'Ormeteau and the great lords
of the Castle of La Ferté, built during the XVIth century by François
MANSARD, prove the wealth from the past. Located right in the
middle of the Champagne Berrichonne, a vast cereal plain, the inhabitant of
Berry never gave up. Like in every French villages, he discovered some famous
names among his history :
The History of Reuilly
deserves more details than few lines. It is very wealthy. Nowadays it enables
to the inhabitants to reach the future with a drink of wine and a piece
ofgastronomic specialities.
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This website has been designed to introduce the Tourism
Office of Reuilly For further information, please contact the Office :
5, rue RABELAIS ; 36260 REUILLY FRANCETel : 02.54.49.24.94. (between 9h/12h
and 14h/18h pm) E-Mail : reuilly@fnotsi.net Webmaster : François NERRAND and Arnaud LHOTE Translation : François Nerrand (thanks to Adeline
Chauveau for her advices and corrections) |
