Fleurac Mill – Fleurac Islands loop from Charente
Fleurac Mill – Fleurac Islands loop from Charente
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Fleurac Mill – Fleurac Islands loop from Charente
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12.9km
90m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 22, 2026
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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route
After 9.12 km for 102 m
After 9.37 km for 102 m
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7.46 km
Fleurac Mill
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Abandoned for several decades, it was transformed into a paper mill in 1978 by Mr. Lacombe, descendant of a family of papermakers for four generations. Faced with financial difficulties, this attempt was taken over by an association “Les amis de la tradition papetière d’Angoumois et des provinces voisins” which relaunched the activity of this mill, where paper was made in a vat from linen and cotton using 18th century techniques.
The manufacturing equipment and the water wheel were rebuilt. It has been listed as a historic monument since 1984.
Today, the Moulin de Fleurac is private property but the site of this mill on the banks of the Charente remains a very popular place for tourists.
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9.30 km
Fleurac Islands
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Very easy to reach by bike from Angoulême, including for children. Ideal destination for families - with young children - looking for a short cycling adventure from the center of Angoulême.
Possibility of crossing the Charente and joining Saint-Michel further south.
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12.4 km
Water point
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One of the few sculted spandrels in Angoumois
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Peter is from Bethsaida, a city near the mouth of the Jordan. His real name, Simon, is of Greek origin. Pierre was certainly bilingual in Aramaic and Greek like most people in the region. His nickname of Peter (Kephas in Aramaic and Petros in Greek) means rock. It was then only a nickname which, after him, will become a name.
According to tradition, Saint Peter has two keys: one in gold, heavenly, the other in silver, earthly. He thus has the ability to open and close Paradise. He is always represented holding these two keys in his hand.
The Saint Pierre de Linars church was built in the 13th century. Several campaigns of works and restorations followed one another from the 12th to the 19th centuries. The church was largely destroyed during the religious wars.
Its arcaded façade is characteristic of Romanesque art in the region. It is divided vertically by 4 columns supporting bust lion heads and horizontally by 3 levels of elevation separated by cornices supported by sculpted corbels. One of the corbels represents a goat's head with horns...
The gable wall (triangular in shape) at the top of the facade has a flat surface decorated with a carved cord forming a miter arch supported by three heads.
Above the front door, in a semi-circular space called the tympanum, you can see one of the rare tympanums carved in Angoumois. We see Christ blessing with one hand and the other seems to hold the globe of the world. Christ is not inscribed in a mandorla or a glory but here in a large circle on which he is seated. Fairly frequent image of the sky in miniatures of the same period. Two angels come towards him, their hands open in a gesture of adoration. Everything recalls the false eardrums of the cathedral and the eardrums of the abbey church of Saint Amant-de-Boixe
The bell tower, of original shape, attached to the north side evokes a watchtower to monitor the surroundings! The bell was cast in 1752.
This Romanesque church has been listed as a historic monument since June 13, 1913, in particular for its arcaded facade decorated with animal busts and sculpted corbels.
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Saint-Pierre Church of Linars
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12.9 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
7.21 km
3.35 km
952 m
931 m
210 m
193 m
Surfaces
4.66 km
2.77 km
2.75 km
2.28 km
391 m
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