The region has been famed for its iron and forges from time immemorial and had many prosperous industries up until the last century. A variety of attractions. Pleasant fern-bordered roads meander through rolling plains or leafy woods full of mushrooms and other delights waiting to be picked. All of its illustrious personalities had the thirst for liberty typical of the inhabitants of the area, although their quest took various forms, mainly the pen or the sword. The novelist Bourliaguet was born at Thiviers.
Few regions can boast of so much talent concentrated into such a small area from so early on.