Sacred places

8 août 2007

The dolmen of Pierre Luteau in Ruan (Loiret)

Ruan, whose name means “Street” in Old Latin, was called “Ruata” into 870. It was discovered there an old Gallo-Roman villa. This village has a church of XIIth century, Saint-Felix. A dolmen was found, Pierre Luteau, nested in the middle of the fields,...

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8 août 2007

The Godon stone, in Tillay-le-Peneux (Eure et Loir)

Tillay-le-Peneux is a small town in the conty of Orgères-in-Beauce. Mentioned under the name of Tilietum-Pagani, Tilletum in 1198, Teillay-le-Pesneux in 1629. The name comes from the lime-trees present on the territory since a long time.Close to the locality...

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8 août 2007

The church St. Lawrence d' Outarville

Outarville is a city of 750 inhabitants. Located in Beauce at 20 km in the West of Pithiviers, it is bordering the Eure et Loir. The St. Lawrence church was remade in XVIIth and was restored at the XIXth century. Registered with the additional inventory...

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7 août 2007

The "Pierre-clouée" of Andonville

Andonville is a french little town located in the department of Loiret (45). Its church, built in XIVth century, under the term of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Wolf, was in the beginning a castral vault. It was included in the strengthened enclosure. A kind...

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5 août 2007

The church of Salt-in-Donzy

In between Forez, Lyonnais and Roannais, the Morning Mountains are nested in a framework of small valleys and hills, nearby of the Lyonnais Mounts and the river Loire Salt-in-Donzy, nested in these mountains, has an antic and rich past. Men left there...

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4 août 2007

The abbey of Noirlac, history

Before the appearance of the cistercians, quite even the arrival of the Romans, the area saw the man of Heidelberg (related with the family of the homo erectus). The many prospections in the river Cher gave place to discovered very old industries, of...

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4 août 2007

The abbey church

After having crossed the arcade, remains long arched passage which formed the entry of the fence, we are in front of the abbey church. The gate of entry, on the Western frontage, was in XIIIth century preceded by a porch of 4 arched spans. The church...

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4 août 2007

The cloister

The cloister serves by its galleries all the essential parts of the abbey: the chapter house, the sacristy, the room of the monks, the refectory. Its galleries open on a garden whose well is eccentric. One can imagine that a first cloister, square, existed...

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4 août 2007

The chapter house

It is the neatest part and most remarkable. It dates from XIIIth century. It is the place where the community meet, where the abbot exerted his magistery and where he pointed out the chapters of the rule. Moreover, the brothers convers were entitled to...

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4 août 2007

The room of the monks

The room of the monks date from the XIIth century. This part is decorated of a chimney, perhaps added on a later date. The large windows date from the XVIIIth century. This room, very altered, preserved its groined vault. On the chimney, two leaned sticks...

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