Maison de la culture Sarthe

Now home to the town's tourism and heritage department, the Maison du Pilier Rouge dates back to the ^16th century. All year round, as part of the "Ville d'art et d'histoire" label, it offers a store, exhibitions, heritage classes, events and guided tours. Here you'll find a flyer with a tour of the Plantagenet town. The House of the Red Pillar is famous for the legend of the executioner of Le Mans. It is said that it was the victims' blood that stained the pillar red... Guided tours of the historic district reveal the mysteries and legends of the Plantagenet City. That of the executioner of Le Mans, for example...

The cultivation and processing of hemp was the preserve of La and in particular the Saosnois where 13000 hectares of land were dedicated to it. A powerful economic factor, from farmers to weavers, hemp will allow the region to know its hours of glory in the th century before the arrival of mechanical machines and the decline of material to more modern. The house of La Rural traces this entire saga with reconstructed decorations and episodes of the hard life that workers were driving. One hundred years back in the middle of old machines, bags of hemp and tools of the past. A beautiful visit is free of charge. For information, textile hemp does not smoke.