Mazerolles, Vienne


Mazerolles is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

History

Along the border of the river Vienne, a cenotaph of constable John Chandos was erected shortly after his death by the English authorities to commemorate the spot where he was killed by the spear of French knight Guillaume Boitel. The cenotaph is still maintained and visible in a garden along the street Jean Chandos at a place called "Les Aubeniaux". At the end of the XIXth century, the local society of history moved it of some yards from the border of the Vienne because of the recurrent flood of this river.