The most beautiful religious buildings Sarthe

As a parish parish church, the Saint-Guingalois collegiate church was built around 1070 to welcome in its crypt the relics of Saint Guénolé (Saint Guingalois) which had been brought to Château-du-Loir in 878 by Breton monks fleeing the Vikings. It was devastated in 1051 and was transferred to the monks of Mamoutier in 1067. Ronsard was prieur there. The building has several strengths to claim: a th century crypt, a th century Gothic choir and a, nave of the th century. The organ of the th century is classified.

This central church has been classified as a Historic Monument since 1840. Erected on drained marshes, hence its name, it is a jewel of Gothic and Renaissance style. Built in the 15th and 16th centuries, it is a very airy church and wonderfully adorned with its light buttresses and balustrades. It also has superb stained glass windows and a Renaissance organ case. Finally, its spire rises to almost 50 m. It doesn't take more than that for its admirers to call it a cathedral! Its stained glass windows, dating from the 15th, 16th, 17th and 19th centuries, also make it famous. The church is considered to be the most beautiful religious building in the department after the cathedral of Le Mans.

The castle was built between 1620 and 1734. It was the home of the Fromentières, the queens of the queens of France. You will visit the vaulted rooms, chimneys and staircase (th century) and th century apartments. This was also the home of the writer Jean-Louis de Fromentières (1632-1684). And for a laugh, children will be able to dress up. A pleasant moment to spend your family.

A stone's throw from the forest of The, this little church, built from the end of the th century, is to visit for its painted woodwork arch. Like many churches, its construction spread over several centuries and the church was further remodelled in the th and th centuries. The vault is decorated with 92 popular faces. This th century achievement is unique in France. The It facade is very rare and houses a th century statue in a niche. See!

The Church of Notre-Dame is certainly one of the most beautiful jewels of the belmontais heritage, both by its seniority and by the diversity of artistic riches it is home to. Built in the th or th century, in wood, she underwent fire and several destruction. Rebuilt in 1686, its orientation was modified to enlarge it. His choir is thus directed to the west. The Romanesque gate, the oldest remnant of the church, dates back to the th or th century. Beautiful archivolts adorned with grimaçantes heads and rafters are carved on its high side. The stained glass windows are beautiful.

From the Cistercian Abbey of Champagne founded in 1188 by Foulques Riboul, he died only the kitchens and the redesigned western wing in 1740 whose cellar was of origin (vault and pillars). Remarkable also of wall paintings representing a landscape and the main oak staircase of 1740 with its massive ramp and 33 steps cut in the mass. The building was saved from the complete ruin and restored by several generations of the Luzu family, which acquired it in 1899.

Today, the area is both a farm and a prestigious welcoming place with three reception rooms, a group accommodation in addiction and three charming guest rooms in the main building.

A few stone steps to climb, lit by a large black lamp, and you are there. Just opposite you is this small Romanesque chapel of the th century seems to resurface from the Middle Ages. Everything is original, apart from the lanternon added in the th century. Inside, you can admire the exceptional frescoes of the 1688 th and th centuries, as well as a altarpiece by the manceau sculptor Pierre Lorcet in. The latter has the particularity of being covered with terracotta scenes. She was listed in Historical Monuments in 1946 for her mural paintings.

The poet Pierre de Ronsard was pastor of this small village village, but he never officia. His friend Jean of Birthplace, Bishop of Le Mans, was the boss. This is the way to troqua the cure of Sur against that of Challes, more lucrative. The completely restored church dates from the th century during the Romanesque period. It was constructed with the local stone stone on a merovingian necropolis (sarcophagi were found under the bell bell). It will be redrafted to the th: th century clocher, chore in the th century. A th-century solar dial is always an hour.

This typical chapel, flanked by a stone wall, dates from the th century and was modified and expanded in the th century. Although it still has a few paintings from the th century, it was and is again known as one of the steps of the pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela from Mont Saint-Michel. Located on a former Roman track, it has been a monument to National Heritage since 2004. Quiet, calm, you will find a little shade in summer. Simple architecture, it's its location that has kept it attractive. This chapel has been registered for Historical monuments since 1976.

Go to the city cemetery. The chapel was built at the location of old mérovingiennes tombs. It dates from the th century and is classified in historic monuments, as is the wall and the trees surrounding it. The lantern of the dead is much older, it would have been built around the th. century. This turret at the chapel contained a lamp whose exact utility is unknown, even if it is believed that it had a religious or military role (the spiritual explanation is given in this guide, for that of Parigné-l'Bishop).

This building dates back to the fifteenth century century and has been often rewritten, where we seem to be a little strange, with its square tower and round turret. Don't miss the Pieta of the XVII century and the th-century stained glass windows and th centuries. This church is considered a Gothic-plantagenet style, characterized by particularly curved vaults and inspired by the Romanesque style. You will find other examples at Le Mans (the cathedral or the Couture Abbey) or in Luché-Pringé (the Saint Martin church).