Pierre raised from Poitiers
The Pierre raised from Poitiers , is a Dolmen in front of which then the Roman way Poitiers passed - Avaricum ( Bourges ) - Lugdunum ( Lyon ).
This example of raised stone is not single. There was different the, scattered one on the territory, which also carried the mark of the curiosity of the travellers.
Mentioned in some titles of the Middle Ages, with its Latinized name in various ways: Petra-Levata in 1299, Petra-Soupeaze in 1302, Petra-Suspensa in 1322. The Charter of 1302 indicates moreover its position: Super dubiam , on the dunes.
Jean Bouchet, the first in connection with the fairs of Poitiers emitted an opinion on the origin of the monument of the dunes.
A legend affirms that Sainte Radegonde would have brought the enormous block on its head and the pillars in its apron. Another explanation is given by Rabelais in the chapter of the Faits noble Pantagruel in its young age .
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