Chauvigny - Cité Médiéval

I just cannot pass Chauvigny without stopping. But as I have already uploaded many photos from here - this is the onlyone for now.

The "Cité Médiéval", the upper town of Chauvigny, is situated on a promontery, overlooking the Vienne. There are the ruins of five fortresses, palaces, donjons, towers and the former collegiate church of Saint-Pierre. Chauvigny has a long history of sieges, lootings, captures and recaptures. In the early 18th century the town was nearly abandoned and in ruins. After the French Revolution the whole place was a public quarry.

The demolition stopped in the 19th century. Renovations and restaurations started mid of the 19th century and saved, what still can be seen today.