The most beautiful religious buildings Pays De La Loire

There are various reasons why visitors should enter the abbey. There is the panoramic view of the bocage. There is the site, with its beautiful stained glass windows, statues and reliquaries. There is also the desire to spend some personal time in the atmosphere of the monastery. Here lives a community of about thirty Cistercian nuns whose days are punctuated by prayer and work. They welcome those who wish to join them in prayer.

A jewel of Romanesque and Gothic art, it is one of the finest religious buildings in Vendée with its remarkable architecture of the th and th centuries Plantagenet style. This Romanesque pearl delights the esthètes, but inspires equally the mystery when one discovers successively the grimacing masks of omnipresent modillons, three strange statues private of their thoughts, a crypt well obscure, without forgetting the arrogant "malebête" toisant the visitor from the top of his pediment…

Dedicated in a very logical way to the skipper's boss, who provided in this municipality most of the trade and communications, this building erected around 1150 presents a remarkable facade, carved capitals, and a beautiful virgin virgin of the th century. The volume in particular is representative of Romanesque art. A walking tour starts in front of the church to cross the dikes of the young Autise. It will let you discover the Maillé aqueduct, interesting and very efficient, since two channels intersect without ever the waters mixing.

It dates back to the th and th centuries and remains one of the last testimonies in France. These funeral monuments often marked a ossuary or common pit. This type of monument was found mainly in Poitou-Charentes but also in Vendée. The hosanne designated a sacred box placed on the crosses. Unfortunately, there is still the granite drum and the visible base on the of the church.

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).

Official memorial to the memory of General Charette and his fighters in Vendée (1824 by Charles X). The laying of the first stone took place in 1825 by the daughter of Louis XVI represented by Mrs. Charette de la Contrie. The raised the originally hosted a statue of Charette destroyed in 1832 after the uprising attempted by the Duchess of Berry. The chapel was completed in 1840, the clocheton is crowned by the statue of Saint Michel down the dragon. The monument to the dead dates back to 1922. On the side of the chapel, one crosses a cross of the old cemetery and an Austrian cannon in the course of taking the war.

Nestled between Place Royale and Rue du Calvaire, Saint-Nicolas stands massive and carved in a neo-Gothic style. The building was built three times between 1844 and 1869 by the architects Jean-Baptiste Lassus, Henri-Théodore Driollet and Gustave de Bourgerel, the church became a basilica on 28 October 1882 and was classified as a historic monument in 1986, major restoration work was undertaken. The esplanade, completely renovated in 2017, is a pleasant place to pass between terraces and small shops. 86 metres long, 32 metres wide, 24 metres high under the vaults, an arrow piercing the sky at 100 metres, the monument proudly stands out in the landscape. Smart tip: on the Good Shepherd's terrace, the view is unique on one side of the façade and its pretty rosettes.