With the enchanting poet...

To visit...

With less than 200 inhabitants, one could think that Ainay-le-Vieil can be visited, just like that, as a tourist... maybe there would even be a small accompanied visit... well, in fact, you will take all your time, since your guide will be " the poet enchanter ".

 

The poet enchanter...

The name alone is enchanting... the poet enchanter invites you to a sweet, unusual, historical, literary and poetic walk.
History, heritage, customs and legends, like living characters, will appear as you walk, visiting Ainay-le-Vieil or the town of Orval, the banks of the Berry canal, the foliage of the Tronçais forest.
Barns with awnings, lock houses, wash houses, churches and statues, fountains, will accompany you... by enchantment! You will also meet George Sand, of course, or Alain Fournier and "le Grand Maulnes"...
Let yourself be carried... let yourself be guided...

 

 

Town hall of Ainay-le-Vieil

23, Rue Jean Valette,
18200 Ainay-le-Vieil
Phone : 02 48 63 50 96
mairie.ainaylevieil@orange.fr

 

 

 


To go further....

Nouveaux contes du berry : Légendes perdues puis retrouvées

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Une manière originale et inattendue de découvrir le patrimoine naturel et bâti de votre région. Les légendes, dit-on, ont toujours un fond de vérité. Pour pénétrer les mystères cachés, oubliés entre les bois, les rochers et les eaux, il vous faut écouter les secrets enfouis que murmurent la terre, le vent ou la pluie. Il faut prêter attention aux personnes de rencontre afin de connaître la révélation de sites remarquables, de châteaux majestueux, de pierres magiques émaillant secrètement le Berry, ce pays de murmures. Telle une partition à quatre mains, le texte et lillustration senlacent et invitent le lecteur à rejoindre lunivers du conte en un hymne à un « pays » propice aux légendes réinventées.

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