Between Saint-Père-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire (45), the Loire riverbed has lately revealed three linear infrastructures. The older one, although incomplete, is made of at least three rows of oak stakes, dated from the 13th c. The construction of the two other structures took place 400 years later, at the very beginning of the 17th c. They consist in two parallel rows of stakes with an inner coffering made of planks on edge. These two structurescross the river from one bank to the other before meeting under the left bank, thus forming a huge triangle. After the historical sources, they are interpreted as dykes, built to constrain the Loire River and protect the gardens and castle arranged here by the duke of Sully. The use of the medieval...
Identified during their destruction due to river improvement works, the remains of the old Fondettes...
Iron Age architecture is relatively poorly represented in the bend of the Loire, very probably becau...
International audienceIn 2005, when a major research programme was initiated with the aim of investi...
International audienceThe Loire River is the longest river in France, where the building of bridges ...
The Val de Loire in Anjou Touraine : A Watercourse Altered by Riverine Societies - The « Loire » res...
From the acquirement of the harbor of Saint-Cyr-on-Loire by canons of Saint - Martin of Tours in the...
International audienceLoire constitutes, in its western part, a major element in the structuring of ...
The production of the urban milieu is conditioned by the hydrographic realities. The study of the ri...
International audienceLoire constitutes, in its western part, a major element in the structuring of ...
The «Loire» research project is firmly based on an interdisciplinary approach of the fluvial environ...
Identified during their destruction due to river improvement works, the remains of the old Fondettes...
Iron Age architecture is relatively poorly represented in the bend of the Loire, very probably becau...
International audienceIn 2005, when a major research programme was initiated with the aim of investi...
International audienceThe Loire River is the longest river in France, where the building of bridges ...
The Val de Loire in Anjou Touraine : A Watercourse Altered by Riverine Societies - The « Loire » res...
From the acquirement of the harbor of Saint-Cyr-on-Loire by canons of Saint - Martin of Tours in the...
International audienceLoire constitutes, in its western part, a major element in the structuring of ...
The production of the urban milieu is conditioned by the hydrographic realities. The study of the ri...
International audienceLoire constitutes, in its western part, a major element in the structuring of ...
The «Loire» research project is firmly based on an interdisciplinary approach of the fluvial environ...
Identified during their destruction due to river improvement works, the remains of the old Fondettes...
Iron Age architecture is relatively poorly represented in the bend of the Loire, very probably becau...
International audienceIn 2005, when a major research programme was initiated with the aim of investi...