Circuit du Martinet
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📍 Briare

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The existence of Briare has been attested to since ancient times by prehistoric, Gallic and Gallo-Roman finds. This city, which today has 6,000 inhabitants, remained for a long time a small town of a few hundred souls, acquiring its notoriety with the digging of the Briare Canal.

The existence of Briare has been attested to since ancient times by prehistoric, Gallic and Gallo-Roman finds.

This city, remained for a long time a small village of a few hundred souls, acquiring its notoriety with the digging of the Briare Canal (1604-1642) and thanks to illustrious characters of the History of France, like Henri IV, François 1er, Louis XIV, Condé, Napoleon..

Departure of the circuit : Place Charles de Gaulle