The Logis de la Chabotterie at Saint Sulpice le Verdon
The Logis de la Chabotterie offers an astonishingly evocative insight into the gentility of life in the countryside in the years before the Revolution. As the scene of the arrest of General Charette in 1796, La Chabotterie is also an important historic site which marks the end of the War of the Vendée.
La Chabotterie offers 10 furnished rooms with sound effetcs, an enclosed formal garden and a permanent visitor trail about the vendean counter-revolution.
The Logis proposes activities all year long. A temporary exhibition "Five centuries of hunting in Vendée" is presented from June 20th until October 4th 2009.
In summer La Chabotterie hosts carriage rides and free guided tours in period costume for child aged 6 to 12, from July 22nd to August 12th, enjoy the 13th Festival of Baroque Music "Musiques de La Chabotterie".
Opening times:
From 1st/09 to 30/06: Monday to Saturday, 9.30 am to 6.00 pm
Sundays and bank holidays: 10.00 am to 7.00 pm
Closed at 6.00 pm from 1st/11 to 31/03
From 1st/07 to 31/08: daily 10.00 am to 7.00 pm
Closed last three weeks in January, on 25/12 and 1st/01
Admission:
Adult: 6 €
Free for children under 18
Students, disabled persons and unemployed: 3 €
LOGIS DE LA CHABOTTERIE
85260 SAINT SULPICE LE VERDON
tél. 02 51 42 81 00 – fax 02 51 42 46 22
chabotterie@vendee.fr
www.vendee.fr (visite virtuelle)
