Streets squares and districts to visit Eure-Et-Loir

This path leads you to Bel-Air frescoes. It took nine months for the six artists to get close to 4000 m 2 of walls. A huge piece of work that has restored life to this once grey quarter. Now place shimmering colours in the form of various trompe: the first fresco is inspired by the city centre architecture with wooden houses; the second work includes the theme of the Beauce identity with a large wheat mowing scene; a third achievement reveals a magnificent representation of stained glass windows; and finally the fourth presents the perfume.

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If you have the opportunity to walk in Dreux, you will surely be able to take advantage of the main shopping street in this city. Located in the heart of Dreux, the Grand Rue Maurice Viollette is composed of more than 40 shops. In addition to the shops, you can also admire one of the major monuments of Dreux: the belfry. Dating back to the th century, this former City Hall overlooks the Grand Street and marks the beginning. You will also find the old Hotel Dieu, with its chapel and its «Tour des enfants found», now converted into an exhibition room. These two buildings are part of the symbols of drouaise architecture.

Châteaux du Perche-Gouët. This circuit is indicated at the departure of Husk. Despite diverse landscapes, Le Perche-Gouët presents a particularly strong unit in its architecture and culture. Its territory is identified as being that of the five baronnies: Husk, La Bazoche-Gouët, Authon-du-Perche, Alluyes and Montmirail. The route leads to the discovery of the noble homes of a country where charming manor houses and majestic castles parallel a traditional rural habitat of wooden houses. Many weekly markets will allow you to enjoy the local products percheron or to appreciate the festivals and fairs of Perche.

This hiking trail in the town of Chartres proposes you to discover this ancient fortified camp from the edge of the Loir. The walk begins on the 18-October square, from which you will descend to the river through the Revol Fountain and cave dwellings on the rue des Fouleries. You will then pass through the first course of the Loir to visit the island of Chemars, from where you can enjoy the view of the castle. You will return to the city by the Jardin des Grands-Moulins and the famous 200 steps of the Saint-Pierre descent, where the lavandières were drying their linen.

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In the middle of a triangle of three streets, the city centre of Husk offers many remarkable points. The first is St. Mark's Chapel, converted to the tourist office and the exhibition room, which faces the city hall with its red bricks, and available the church of the commune, Saint-Lubin, which was built in the th century. Following the Rue des Changes, bordered by several wooden houses, we arrive in the place des halles, with the market covered in stone.

Two wooden signs welcome the visitor to Marie-Louise's wash wash. " Wash reserved for inhabitants of the commune ", says one; " The wash of Marie-Louise - 1899 "indicates the other. The municipality decided to rehabilitate this place to make it a kind of staging of objects used by the inhabitants when women came to wash their linen on the edge of the Avre. Thus, buckets, tanks, and even the mechanism used to adjust the height of the wash floor are visible.

In the west of the department of the Eure and Loir, the Perche Perche is bathed by many rivers. The Saint-Cyr and the Eure, in particular, cross several municipalities in the area and connect many washing machines. Most often located within a few metres of villages in villages, sometimes hidden or little visible due to their small size, washing machines are interesting evidence of life in the th century in this part of the department. Senonches, Jaudrais, Tardais, are some of the municipalities that host this type of development.

At the intersection of the rue de la basse and the dolmen street, the church of Alluyes appears from the entrance to the commune, opposite the town hall and the local school. Then following the tree-lined road, the landscape changes a little: behind the cover of the trees pushing on the edge of the Loir which winds here, the dungeon of the former castle of the municipality stands apart. A property of a foundation that also operates the special educational institution of Alluyes, the dungeon overlooks the small village with its coffee and green spaces.

The city centre of Chartres has preserved the physionomie of its construction: on a rocky spur, around its castle, the municipality stands out by streets drawn to the cord on one side of the square of 18-October, and very narrow and towed from the other side to the castle. On all sides of the city it is possible to have a superb view of the Loir valley since the river flows underneath. And at every corner of the upper city, you can discover very beautiful wooden houses that give Chartres a real stamp.