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And here is the first guide of multimedia discovery for the cyclists. Fixed to the handlebars of your bicycle, Cyclopédia ® is going to guide you on a portion of the Loire registered on the Unesco's World heritage.
Are you ready? From Gennes to Montjean-sur-Loire, by way of the island of Béhuard and the island of Chalonnes, it is a route of more than 70 kilometres that waits for you, upstream and downstream to Angers.
Many people know that the Loire is the longest river of France. But would you know what are a "boire", a "toue cabanée", a society of "boule de fort" or a "pied d'oie"? Have you ever heard about the boatman Charles Sigogne, about the legend of Saint Guenette or about the Dutch counters? Cyclopédia ® will make you discover these heritage exceptionally rich and varied in a playful way with sound testimonies, images, texts and quiz.
Realized for the Anjou tourism Board Anjou and the Mission Val de Loire, Cyclopédia ® is a real multidisciplinary encyclopedia which contains 70 remarkable points on the human activity, the imaginative world, the built and natural heritage .