museography Vouvant & 
the fairy Melusine
Meeting Melusine
Around the village : The river “ Mère ” The river Mère flows into the river Vendée in Mervent. « The knoll of Vouvant is waterd by the river from all sides ». The Old Bridge Work of art of the thirteenth century, 
it gave access to the Porte aux Moynes. Listed in the inventory of historical monuments, it originally had 5 arches. The bridge of 
the “ Moulin Seigle ” After the construction of the dam and the new level of the water, there remains only the bridge located in front of the door of the Poterne. The dam of Vouvant With its lake of 20ha located on the 
river Mère upstream of 3 other dams: 
Pierre Brune (river Mère), 
the dam of Albert (Vendée) 
and the dam of Mervent (Vendée).