At the end of the avenue du Lavoir, in Nantes, a plaque was affixed in 1997 by the Association du Souvenir Vendéen:
“Near here in the quarries called the pit of the Chemin de Rennes,
she says
, was deposited, on the evening of his execution, March 29, 1796, the body of
General Charette
.”
On December 2, it was in this quiet cul-de-sac in the historic center, during repair work on the cellars, that a worker made a macabre find: human bones, in particular a skull and vertebrae, which predate the buildings.
"And if it were the remains of the leader of the Vendée rebellion?"
, we get carried away at Puy du Fou.
In any case, the fortuitous discovery falls particularly well, whereas has just been released
Conquer or die
, the first feature film produced by the amusement park, which relates the epic of François-Athanase Charette de La Contrie, the "General of the Brigands" with white plume...
On the place des Agriculteurs - today place Viarmes -, on this afternoon of March 29…
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