In the heart of central France
lies one of Europe's most remarkable landscapes - a mosaic of over 2,500
shimmering ponds and lakes scattered across the rolling countryside of
the Indre département. This is the Parc Naturel Régional de la Brenne,
often called "the land of a thousand ponds." What makes this landscape
truly extraordinary is its origin story - a tale of medieval ingenuity,
monastic enterprise, and the profound transformation of an entire region
through human determination and divine purpose.
