Located in the town center of Briare in the department of Loiret and region of center Loire on the republic square
next to Saint Etienne de Briare’ s Church built in the architectural Romanesque and Bizantine style with the particularity of its stained glass windows made by Felix Gaudin on drawing picture from Eugene Gosset. Representing the Zodiac signs.
Briare is 150 km from Paris, 74 km Orleans, 77 km Should be from Auxerre and 80 km from Bourges.
The port of Briare became a marina in the 80’s with possibility to rent a mooring with use of electricity, gaz, sanitation facilities …
For more information contact the tourist office of Briare
1 Place Charles de Gaulle, 45250 Briare
Tèl: 02 38 31 24 51
The Agriculture was formerly used as post-house where you could leave for Paris or Lyon.
The motto was leave when you can as to leave you needed a full cart.
The bridge over the canal was built by Gustave Eiffel in 1890.
Emaux de Briare is a French company specializing today in mosaics. Whilst the manufactory in Briare originally started with earthenware pottery, the factory founded in Paris by Jean-Félix Bapterosses