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This church was originally supposed to be a simple chapel of the commandery, founded in the 12th century by the Templars, forming one side of the courtyard that groups the buildings. The monumental 15th century porch is flanked by two brick towers. The nave ends with a semi-circular apse covered in a cul-de-four. Construction periods: 12th century, 13th century, 15th century

The church, which remained in the diocese of Chartres in the 18th century, belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Calais. Built in the 12th century, it consists of a single nave continued by a semicircular apse. The semicircular portal is surmounted by a consecration cross. Several pointed bays were pierced in the 15th century. In the 16th century, the church was enriched with paneling with exposed beams. In the sacristy behind the high altar, a beam sculpted with nails, crowns of thorns, fighters, monsters and coats of arms supports the altarpiece. It dates from the 16th century and most likely comes from a half-timbered house.

From its source to its confluence with the Ozanne, the Sainte-Suzanne covers 19.2 km and crosses 5 communes. From upstream to downstream: Authon-du-Perche; Beaumont-les-Autels; Coal pits; Les Altars-Villevillon; A glass.

the Saint-André church dates from the 11th century; it was a priory then dependent on the abbey of St.-Calais, but the current building was completely rebuilt around the walls and framework of the old building. The project was carried out in 1877. The construction of a transept, enlarged windows and a stone bell tower completely modified the old monument. The environment has also changed a lot. All traces of the old cemetery, transferred outside the village at the beginning of the 18th century, have disappeared. The furniture includes a stone baptistery, a statue of the Virgin and Child, a confessional and a Louis XV period bench. The beautiful wooden tabernacle decorated with a statue of Saint Lubin comes from the church which was located a few kilometers away, in Saint-Lubin-des-Cinq-Fonts, and of which only the choir, which has become a chapel, remains today. .

Saint John the Baptist is considered the pivotal figure of the Bible, between the Old and New Testaments: the last of the Prophets, he is the precursor of Christ, the messenger who announces Him... His mother - Elizabeth, is related to Mary and both women meet while they are both expecting their son. We can only refer to the Gospel of Luke (1, 39-45) which powerfully depicts this touching scene, and which the Church has celebrated every year since the 13th century under the name of Visitation (May 31). Jean, as an adult, will lead the harsh life of an ascetic in the desert. He preaches, teaches prayer and proposes a baptism of conversion, while announcing the coming of “one more powerful than he… who will no longer baptize only in water, but in the Holy Spirit…” He himself will baptize Jesus.

The parish church of Saint-Pellerin, whose oriented plan is reduced to a simple rectangle, only retains a few vestiges of the Romanesque period: part of the southern wall, itself repaired several times. The building, which was struck by lightning, was restored in 1821 with the reconstruction of a beautiful molded frame with tie beams. On the north side a chapel opens onto the nave through two arcades which rest on cylindrical columns. The flat bedside is pierced by a large window with three lancets topped with flamboyant tracery. The western facade is dominated by a triangular gable whose slopes are decorated with kale and dogs sitting on piles of loads, the Renaissance style portal is decorated with a large shell surmounted by a sculpted base of a angel holding a shield. On the north and south sides, thick glaciated buttresses support the gutter walls. The Safeguarding of French Art granted aid of 25,000 F in 1993 to restore the flat tile roof and the slate bell tower.

The village is located five kilometers south of Courtalain, in Perche-Gouët, southern part of the department close to Loir-et-Cher and Sarthe. An ancient Roman road, called “Caesar’s path”, crosses the country. The old, picturesque cemetery extended to the south of the church, the new cemetery developing to the east. The history of the building has been marked by two fires which ravaged the bell tower, the first in 1739, the second in the 19th century: after this last disaster, the bell tower was rebuilt on the first bay of the nave (and not on the middle), which led to significant modifications to the framework in place in the western part. The current bell tower, of hexagonal section, which leaned towards the southwest, was straightened during the latest work. The nave, elongated in shape, is extended to the east by a semi-circular apse. Two sacristies were built, one in the 18th century. to the north, the second to the east, later, was recently removed to free up the apse of the church. The church is built of coated flint rubble, grison was used for certain bay frames, as well as for buttresses. The presence of semi-circular openings in the upper part of the walls explains the very old dating (11th century) sometimes attributed to the building. The middle bay of the rounded apse was removed to allow the installation of an altarpiece. The door which, to the south, opened towards the cemetery is today condemned, the entrance is made either through another door also located in the south gutter wall, or through the western facade preceded by a caquetoire. The interior of the building is covered with a paneled framework with joint covers whose punches and molded tie beams are visible. Unfortunately, in the 1930s the north and south walls were lined in the western part with a cement block wall.  the entrance to the church remains a baptismal font; the church also has a statue of a saint holding a column. For the urgent work consisting of straightening the bell tower and removing the cement coatings in the lower part of the exterior walls, the Safeguarding of French Art granted aid of €7,000 in 2004.

Located in Droué in Loir-et-Cher, the Saint Nicolas church dates from the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century. Droué was in the Middle Ages the name of a castle located between two parishes, Bourguérin and Boisseleau, which each had their own church and their own lord. The Saint Nicolas church, which was built on the site of the old chapel of the Château de Bourguérin, would then have replaced an old parish church. Today, the building is characteristic of Perche Vendômois. The nave, covered with paneling, was enlarged by a bay on the west side in 1631 by Isaac de Raynier and provided with a semi-circular portal with, on either side, two Doric columns. The choir, which underwent significant alterations in the 19th century, ends with a three-sided apse. Since the 19th century, the church has also had a sacristy and two chapels. In the chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas there is a door dating from the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th century. We can also observe stained glass windows representing the coats of arms of the imperial families, as well as a painting by Jouvenet: a man in armor is kneeling before a bishop to whom he gives keys. Several wooden statues, including a Virgin which dates from the 17th century, also decorate the church.