Brux offers several distinct reasons to explore: the Romanesque Église Saint-Martin, the Château d’Epanvilliers, a museum with eight rooms, and sightseeing flights in aeroplanes or ultralight aircraft. Each of the following places and activities has its own focus.

Romanesque church, fresco and château

The Église Saint-Martin de Brux was built between 1023 and 1030. It is Romanesque and has one of the rare lauze stone roofs in the Vienne département. Another distinctive feature is an 18th-century fresco depicting a seigneurial litre—a band of heraldic shields associated with a lordship—decorated with 18 coats of arms. The building period, roofing and fresco offer different ways to appreciate the church, through both its Romanesque architecture and its later pictorial art.

The Château d’Epanvilliers was built much later, between 1770 and 1782, in a restrained classical style. Comparing it with the medieval church illustrates the different building periods in Brux without reducing the two buildings to the same architectural character. The château is near access to a TER train service (by train or bus) and an airport.

In front of the church stands the small-leaved lime tree of Brux. It is one of the notable trees in the Vienne département and was planted at the initiative of Sully, finance superintendent to Henry IV. This adds a specific connection to the local landscape to the architectural and artistic history: the tree stands directly in front of the church and is also associated with a named historical figure.

Exhibitions at the Musée-expo de Brux

The Musée-expo de Brux presents permanent and temporary exhibitions in eight rooms. Topics on display include clothing and photographic portraits from the 1900s. A historical exhibition is also dedicated to Rivaud, Comte de la Raffinière, a general of the Empire. The range therefore extends from the history of clothing and photography to the story of a specific military figure.

This range of subjects can help you decide what interests you: clothing and photographic portraits offer a different focus from the exhibition on Rivaud. The museum complements the architectural history of the church and château with collections and exhibition themes, rather than offering just another perspective on architecture.

Aviation on the outskirts

The Plateforme aéronautique du Civraisien en Poitou adds a very different focus. It offers light aircraft operations and sightseeing flights, using both aeroplanes and ultralight aircraft. The platform is in the countryside on the edge of town, near a national road and surrounded by greenery. Its location is quite different from the historical focus of the church, château and museum.

If you are interested in aviation, you can therefore explore Brux from this perspective too, with aeroplanes, ultralight aircraft and sightseeing flights at the centre. If you are mainly looking for architecture or exhibitions, the church and Musée-expo offer different subjects. When choosing a hotel in Brux, you can first decide which of these focuses matters most for your stay.

Discover more destinations: Béruges, Béthines, Saint-Savin, Berthegon, Jaunay-Clan, Coussay-Les-Bois, Mouterre-Silly, Roiffé.

For the wider travel overview: Vienne.