Attractions and Places To See around Neuvy-En-Dunois - Top 12

This church in Meslay-Le-Vidame, whose architecture reflects the formal language of antiquity, was dedicated to the patron saint of Saint Etienne. He was one of the first seven deacons of the original Jerusalem church and, according to the biblical accounts in the New Testament, the first martyr (martyr) of early Christianity. The church commemorates his death on Boxing Day, December 26th. As the Acts of the Apostles recounts: When Stephen recounted his vision of the open heavens, "And he, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God" (Chapter 7, Verse 55), the people were so outraged that they drove him out of the city and stoned him.

Porte de Boisville Its ogival portal opens into a thick quadrangular massif where there was a room for operating the portcullis. We can still see the groove in the thickness of the walls. On the left and right two small funnel-shaped spaces allowed the defenders to observe and repel the enemies who appeared on the bridge. The gate was topped by a building serving as a guardhouse which was demolished in 1761. The guarding of these doors and their keys was in the troubled times of the Hundred Years' War the subject of concern for the inhabitants and also a source of quarrels and trials between the city and the abbey. This gate is preceded by a bridge of 5 stone arches, the one adjoining the gate was built in 1774 and replaced a drawbridge which defended the entrance.

Bonneval, nicknamed the little Venice of Beauce

Bonneval is a beautiful town with still-present fortifications. The old town is surrounded by a wall at the foot of which flows the Loir. This city retains many period buildings such as the Saint-Roch Gate and the King's Tower. Among its must-see attractions, the city also includes the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Florentin-et-Saint-Hilaire, many times destroyed and rebuilt during wars.

Continuing on my way, and before entering the center of the village, a new door stands here. Admire the view.

This church with the appearance of an ancient temple is a real curiosity that you must visit

Building created by a "visionary" architect, Nicolas Jacques Antoine Vestier, on the site of an earlier building. The building is preceded by a peristyle supported by six pyramidal pilasters which support a large frieze continuing around the church. The front of the peristyle is surmounted by a pediment containing an archivolt. Behind the chevet, the tower serves as a steeple. The church is, on the outside, built on a rectangular plan. Inside, the apse ends in a circular section vaulted in a dome. The ornamentation of the church is represented by the furniture, in harmony with the construction. Towards the end of the 19th century, the interior surfaces were coated with a decal.

The church is in the early Gothic style and dates mainly from the beginning of the 13th century, however the lower parts of the flat apse and the three neighboring windows of each aisle are semi-circular and reflect the end of the 12th century. The start of construction therefore makes it contemporary with the Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedral. The gables decorated with hooks are from the 16th century. The slate spire which tops the church, also from the 16th century1, is decorated with a gallery and rises 65 meters above the ground. It houses three bells, two of which are classified, one dates from 1598, the other from 1793. Source: Wikipedia