Centre Régional Résistance et Liberté

The Centre Régional Résistance et Liberté (Regional Centre for Resistance and Liberty) in Thouars is a permanent historical exhibit and centre for study and research on resistance in France during the Second World War. The exhibit contains audiovisual displays on both local and national wartime resistance, and is divided into three thematic and pedagogic sections: “React”, “Engage”, and “Build”.   

The centre was jointly established by the municipality of Thouars and the Conservatoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation des Deux-Sèvres et des Régions Limitrophes (Conservatory of Resistance and Deportation in Deux-Sèvre and Neighbouring Regions), an association of veteran resistance members and deportees. It is located in the Écuries du Château, a stable complex constructed in 1707.