Things to see and do Beaumont-Sur-Sarthe

From the museum of Vivoin, the Hemp Circuit stretches over 30 km and passes through all places suggestive of culture. In particular, it makes it possible to stop in farmers who have restored their oven or who have themselves known culture more than sixty years ago. Indeed, hemp, in Sarthe, is a culture, a tradition in particular the north of the department. People who have people today easily tell how they saw, forty-five years ago, their parents exploiting what has made Maine great: it was around 1865 that hemp cultivation reached its peak. The Sarthe is then the first producer department. Its production is mainly used for textiles, fishing nets, ropes and sails of the navy. Then, competing with cotton and synthetic fibres, this culture is declining. Since 1990, however, it has developed and produced, among other things, paper, fuel, medicines, textile fibres, cattle feeds, fertilizers, insulation products… Hemp ovens have been restored, thanks to the energy of a backup association. They are to rediscover with this circuit through the belmontaise campaign. Information and leaflet at the Tourist Office.

Garden profiles on the terrace decorated with a th century basin but also a colombier to coo next spring. The grounds of the town hall are the construction of a monastery. There are numerous collections of trees, but also of shrubs, as well as local essences and varieties of ancient roses. A real pleasure 30 min from Le Mans.

Housed in th century turrets, the th century building was undoubtedly the residence of the Dukes of Alençon, whose coat of arms still appears on the facade.

The city hall and its gardens reflect in part the beauty of this small, belmontais village. The Specialities know well, tourists also travel to visit this wonderful corner. And city hall is an essential step.

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.

At the current location there was already a water mill in the th century. Today, he has belonged to the same family for more than a hundred years. The mill, still in operation to maintain it in state, visits by appointment, with a demonstration of the manufacture of flour between the grinding.

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.