Melle 


Melle, between Poitiers and La Rochelle, lay on the old pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. It has three fine Romanesque churches, St-Hilaire (dome over crossing, beautifully carved capitals), St-Savinien (music festival in summer) and St- Pierre.
1km/0.75mi south, at Le Loubeau, are the old royal silver-mines.
1km/0.75mi south, at Le Loubeau, are the old royal silver-mines.
Hobbies & Activities category: Festival of arts of short duration; Minerals, geology attraction, mining; Christian sites
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