South of Isle Jourdain, in the heart of the Vienne Valley

Depart from the town of L'Isle-Jourdain, latitude 46.2323200 (N 46° 13’ 56”), longitude 0.6857800 (E 0° 41’ 9”)

• The tourism office

• You can start your car tour by discovering Isle-Jourdain, the city of three dams.
• A pedestrian walk of about 2 hours is available at the tourist office to discover this small town. Do not hesitate to ask.IL is also available in digital format on Circuits de France: Discovering the heritage riches of L'Isle Jourdain.

• The forge (private property can not be visited)

Luchapt was famous for its forges processing ore from the Vigeant. The town preserves the memory of its traditional forges whose sheds with sloping roofs are drowned under the vegetation which takes again its rights; They evoke the work of the sons of Vulcan, formerly fed by the old mule tracks that transported the ore.

• There is still a beautiful building on the site visible from the road. Thank you not to enter the site which is private.

• The ponds of Villedon (private)

• Succession of three ponds fed by the brook Villedon. The major biological interest lies in the remarkable vegetation that has developed on the banks of ponds

• The Church of St. Gervais and St. Protais

• Of Romanesque origin, it was resumed in the 15th century. and was restored in the 19th century. It has a statue of the Virgin and Child of the seventeenth century. polychrome stone. This statue was discovered after the Revolution near the fountain Fontvallés meadow located on the property of Vaux. The water of this fountain had the reputation of curing toothache and relieving the failures of sight.

• Jousseau Dam

• The Jousseau hydroelectric power station was built between 1926 and 1928 by the La Motte des Moteurs de la Vienne, founded in 1914, then integrated with EDF in 1946.
• Several dams are spread over the Vienne between Availles-Limouzine and Isle-Jourdain.

• Road along the Vienne

• You walk along a small picturesque road that is outcropping the Vienne, be careful some passages are narrow.