Monuments to visit Pays De La Loire

This castle is private but you can still see it. Although located close to Paulx, it is in fact common in the areas of Saint-Etienne-de-Mer and Paulx. In 1832, this castle was the theatre of one of the last skirmishes of the attempt to uplift the Duchess of Berry. Caraterie Castle dates back to the th century. But it replaces a more ancient edifice in 1832, because it was on that date that the Duchess of Berry decided to raise the country against Louis Philippe (the Orléans dynasty). She wanted to remove her, wearing her son (Bourbons dynasty, légitimistes) on the throne of King of France.

Three kilometres west of the village of Saint-Géréon, you will find the site of Pierre Meslière. Classified as prehistoric station due to the many stones found there, the site used to serve to empierrer the roads and manufacture the grinding. This is where the names of the Stones Meulières, which will become over time Stones Meslières. The site was discovered in 1877 by Viscount Pitre de Lisle du Dreneux (1846-1927), one of the first invaders in the department.

There was a plaque on the occasion of the 500 th anniversary of the death of François II, who died in this house. With Charles VIII, he signed the peace treaty between Brittany and France in 1488. In the church, just next door, stalls, classified in historical monuments, would come from Buzay abbey, located on the other bank of the Loire.

This Gothic manor house of the 1588 th century was the time of a stage, the future Henri IV, in. It was acquired by the commune.

This castle dates back to the end of the fifteenth century and owes its construction to a Marshal de France, Pierre de Rohan, who was - what career! - counsel for four of our kings, from Louis XI to François I, and saved Charles VIII in Fornoue. Alternating the brick and lime and thus creating a light contrast, this artwork is, in the opinion of specialists, the northernmost of the Loire castles. This is enough to decide the most about visitors to the town of Saint-Quentin-les-Anges.

The small town has a piece of architecture that bears witness to the technological and industrial progress of the late 18th century... A gothic bridge which can be proud of having been created by one of the most famous architects of France, Gustave Eiffel himself, in his workshop in Levallois-Perret. In 1878, the Ponts et Chaussées decided to rebuild the old gothic bridge. It consists of two vertical lattice girders, connected at the base by crossbeams, supporting the deck. The high metal parapets themselves form a lattice.

Located on private land, towards the village of Tresson, between the places known as La Taille and Les Tremblayes, the megalithic monument was used by the druids for various ceremonies. It is best to connect to the above site before going there to help you locate it on the map. For the anecdote, in 1811, a historian tells that a treasure seeker dug under one of the pillars that supported the stone but found nothing.

The Romanesque bridge of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, below which Paisiblement paisiblement flows, is also called stone bridge. It was built between the th and th centuries. At that time, the latter was in wood. It consisted of five arches and was undermined by Germans during World war II in 1944. It was restored (two arches had disappeared) a dozen years ago. The bridge is the natural boundary between Beaumont-sur-Sarthe and Maresché. We advise you to visit this beautiful bridge and walk around, the framework is very soothing. Enjoy this magnificent view of the old castle.

Built in the th century, its measurements give rise to vertigo: a dungeon was exposed to more than 30 metres of height protected by walls of 20 metres thick, over 3 metres thick. Unfortunately it's not enough to protect the city. The Franks then the Normands invade it. It will be burned, so loudly, in the early th century. Then it is the English and then the Counts of Alençon who seize before Henri de Navarre connects the city with his crown. Finally, Louis XIV, a little in the narrow in Versailles, exchange to René II of Froullay, the duchy of Beaumont against lands surrounding his park, became too small. From the castle there are remnants of the wall wall that resists time. The Renaissance style house was built in the heart of the lean, which served as a prison and logement in the jailer in the th century. This castle is private property.

This bourgeois house belonged to the Pineau family, one of which was a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier. This was Charette's headquarters during the wars of Vendée in 1793. Consisting of 2 perpendicular wings, this building was divided into 2 houses. The door to the motto «Deus Spes Nostra» gave access to a stone staircase. The position of the house allowed the leak by the fields. A son Pineau was deputy of Charette (defence of Noirmoutier). Ms Francheteau, granddaughter of Ms Pineau, wrote in 1857: " Charette had arrived a few days after the insurgency. He established his headquarters in his grandmother's house, he played with the children and raised them in his arms to pick cherries… '»»»»

Former chapel of the castle, the collegiate church is located within its walls but is accessible by a bridge. It is one of the most prestigious religious buildings of the 15th century in Anjou, specific of the Angevin Gothic style. The church is composed of a 44 meters long and 12 meters wide vessel, and a 18 meters high vault. There is an oratory from which the lord attended the services in all discretion. This church has been classified as a historical monument since 1907.