Poitiers | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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Poitiers


00:00:48 1 Geography
00:00:57 1.1 Location
00:01:24 1.2 Situation
00:01:57 2 Inhabitants and demography
00:02:24 3 Climate
00:02:51 4 History
00:02:59 4.1 Antiquity
00:05:47 4.2 Middle Ages
00:07:50 4.3 16th century
00:10:54 4.4 17th century
00:11:41 4.5 18th century
00:12:21 4.6 19th century
00:12:49 4.7 20th century and contemporary Poitiers
00:14:36 5 Landmarks and attractions
00:15:45 6 Sports
00:16:55 7 Tourism
00:17:48 8 Transport
00:19:23 9 Education
00:21:03 10 International relations
00:21:13 10.1 Twin towns – Sister cities
00:21:25 11 Notable people
00:24:18 12 See also



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Poitiers ([pwatje] (listen)) is a city on the Clain river in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and also of the Poitou. Poitiers is a major university centre. The centre of town is picturesque and its streets include predominantly historical architecture, especially religious architecture and especially from the Romanesque period. Two major battles took place near the city: in 732, the Battle of Poitiers (also known as the Battle of Tours), in which the Franks commanded by Charles Martel halted the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate, and in 1356, the Battle of Poitiers, a key victory for the English forces during the Hundred Years' War. This battle's consequences partly provoked the Jacquerie.