Ville de Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier

Free visit of the city. Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier "Sancti-Pétri Monasterium". Royal city, former Baillage and Presidial of France. The origin of its name is that of the monastery established in the town. Chief town of the canton. The town has about 2000 inhabitants. Small town in the department of Nièvre, once quite important, built at the foot of two mountains, on the edge of an old pond now dried up and converted into grassland. To see in the town: the windmill "Les Eventées", hiking trails, several medieval streets with Gothic doors, the place Jeanne d'Arc: Statue of the Maid of Orleans built in 1902, walls of the city: medieval period ... You will enjoy walking through its medieval streets and visiting the magnificent Romanesque church built in the 12th century. A windmill "les Eventées", rehabilitated in 2006, is open to visitors every 3rd Sunday from April to October. Possibility of fishing on its pond of Panama. Saint-Pierre-Le-Moûtier is one of the stages of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela