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Detailed information is available on Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porte_Saint-Julien_(La_Fert%C3%A9-Bernard)

Beautiful castle. Unfortunately it was closed.

a lake to rest.

The current building dates from the 15th century, however the building seems to be built from remains of the castle chapel. The town was destroyed during the Hundred Years' War in 1428. It was the subject of major work after 1450. Significant work took place thereafter, until the 19th century. The building was registered as a historic monument on March 24, 1975.

Of Romanesque origin, it houses several works classified as objects. It was built in several stages: in the 12th and 13th centuries, as evidenced by its counter-broken porch visible after passing the first door of the bell tower, then in the 15th and 16th centuries with the construction of the bell tower, the opening of fitted side doors in the foothills (unique in the region), and its widening to the south with the opening of two Renaissance style bays with stained glass windows listed in 1905, representing Saint Michael and his two donors, Saint Catherine in the center with the reconstituted coats of arms of a seigneurial family of La Rouge: the Le Roy de Chavigny, finally a pietà. The church played a protective role for its population during peasant revolts but also during banditry. It was equipped with a high square bell tower with four windows at its top to monitor the surroundings, a bretèche above the main portal and an airlock for its two side doors protected by its thick buttresses. The apse is flat as in many small country churches. Two windows were opened to the north to provide more light in 1790. After the revolutionary turmoil, a 17th century altarpiece (classified in 1968) from the Récollets de Cherré near La Ferté-Bernard was installed.

The first part of the church, a wide and short nave (slate roof) dates from the 11th century. It shows a device marked by the use of russet and monolithic arch bays characteristic of the beginning of the 11th century. During the Renaissance a new choir was built and the Romanesque bell tower was raised. The nave received new windows, the main portal was rebuilt and the elevation of the stone bell tower began on the left annex. The interior of the church was restored in the 1990s by the Cormes Heritage Committee. Schedules Monday, Thursday & Friday: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Tuesday: 5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

12th century church. Painted decoration from the 16th and 17th centuries (nave decorated with murals from the first half of the 16th century), glass roofs from the 16th century. Western facade: Romanesque portal with 16th century leaves. 15th century framework modified to make the vault in the 16th century. 17th century altarpiece on the apse wall.

The church, built in the 12th century in the Low-Norman Romanesque style, was remodeled in the 15th century and the 18th century. A funeral chapel was built there in 1768. The building was registered as a historic monument on June 17, 1991.