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Saint Mames was martyred in Cappadocia around 1274: local legend has it that a saint offers a helping hand to cross the Loir. On April 17, 1707, thunder struck the bell tower.

The church consists of a single nave, extended by a single-bay choir, and a semicircular apse. Two canted chapels, forming a false transept, were added during this renovation. The church is dominated by a timber-framed bell tower that rises above the first bay of the nave. The gable of the western facade was rebuilt in the last century, an external wooden porch removed. The central axis of the current facade is punctuated by a semicircular door surmounted by an archivolt, a circular opening on the first level and a small window pierced in the upper part of the gable. On the north side, a highly raised stringcourse forming a cornice, resting on simple modillions, still survives in the upper part of the wall. Additional openings were added to the old, narrow, and uneven openings in the last century, in the nave, as well as in the choir and apse, to allow more daylight to enter the building. The interior of the church is covered with a paneled roof structure: the one covering the nave is believed to date from the 16th century. The entire structure has been given a coherent decoration, from the faux-stone plasterwork to the paneled vault, the furnishings, and the statuary. The church also boasts a 17th-century polychrome wooden statue of Saint Barbara. The Prunelé coat of arms appears at the bottom of the stained-glass window of Saint Louis and, outside, on a medallion on the apse wall. The Sauvegarde de l'Art Français (French National Art Protection Agency) granted €5,000 in grants in 2004 for masonry and roof repairs and the installation of drainage.

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The Saint-André church burned down in the middle of the 19th century. The priest, forced to celebrate mass in a barn, opened a subscription in 1864, the church was rebuilt in 1865, according to the original plan, plus a transept. Bell tower-porch.

The Sainte Christine church represents a heritage of the rural and religious world characteristic of Beauce, the "breadbasket" of France since the Middle Ages. The Romanesque nave dates from the 12th century and was given a bell tower in the 18th century. The spire then peaked at 28 meters high, visible from afar from the surrounding countryside. In 1835, a hurricane damaged the roof of the bell tower. In 1893, lightning ignited the spire which burned almost entirely. The traces are still visible today. It would take almost 25 years for the church to regain its bell tower, reduced by half to 17 meters in height. The heritage to be restored is in line with the many religious buildings in this area such as the Saint Sébastien church in Baignolet, listed as a Historic Monument.

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The original parish church would have been destroyed at an undetermined time and the current place of worship, dedicated to Saint Martin, would be the old chapel of the neighboring castle which has now disappeared. This oriented building, probably built in the 15th century, includes a single nave ending in a flat apse. To the south-east, a sacristy was added in 1780, as indicated by the date engraved above the connecting door. Powerful stone buttresses, with two projections, with drip edges, support the flint blocking walls decorated around the edge with a small cornice. On the west facade, the portal is sheltered by a wooden porch. The two gable walls are protected by stone ramps. Square in plan, the slate bell tower dominates the western facade. It was almost completely rebuilt after a hurricane in 1788. The nave and the choir are pierced with pointed arch windows. That of the facing facade was, originally, a semi-circular twin bay. The church and the porch are covered with tiles. Inside, a paneled barrel vault is maintained by sculpted tie beams. The high altar, with its pilasters with Ionic capitals framing the window, as well as the elegant triumphal arch which closes the choir, date from the 18th century. The Safeguarding of French Art granted aid of 50,000 F in 1998 for the repair of the coatings and the restoration of part of the vault with chestnut shingles.

This church dates from the end of the 11th century. It was a priory dependent on the Benedictine abbey of Marmoutier de Tours since 1064. The carved portal of the south facade, in limestone, is from the 12th century. In 1515, the last bays of the side aisles were reworked. In the 17th century, a wooden bell tower, supported by four posts, was built on the first bay of the nave. The current bell dates from 1728. The building was classified as a historic monument in 1959.