Vichères Church loop from Nogent-le-Rotrou
Vichères Church loop from Nogent-le-Rotrou
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Vichères Church loop from Nogent-le-Rotrou
02:35
54.7km
730m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 19, 2026
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452 m
Thiron-Gardais Abbey Gardens
Highlight • Historical Site
Only the abbey church still remains today, accompanied by thematic gardens of medieval inspiration.
On a surface of 4 hectares, 10 themed gardens are proposed for the visit.
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5.98 km
Trompe-l’Œil Mural in La Gaudaine
Highlight • Monument
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6.62 km
Lovely stretch through the fields
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11.2 km
Vichères Church
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46.3 km
Saint-Martin Church of Brunelles
Highlight • Religious Site
The nave is lit on each side by three flamboyant-style windows, and in the choir you can admire the beautiful stone altarpiece that has recently been restored. You will also notice an oculus on the south face, found during the 1998 restoration campaign, and enriched with a recent stained glass window illustrating the Creation.
Finally, visitors should not fail to stop by the relics of the young Alexander, tortured for refusing to renounce his faith in Christ, as were other saints called martyrs for this, from the Greek "witnesses". There are thus many relics in our churches: they can be found at the first origin of basilicas, often built on ancient funerary areas on the outskirts of ancient cities. The relics of the saints are to be considered as the very humble signs of what their bodies were, the evocation of their human condition: it is with their bodies that the saints acted, thought, prayed, worked, suffered and experienced death. The monastery of the Val d’Arcisses was the first foundation of the monk Bernard d’Abbeville, later called Bernard de Thiron, because the monks of St.-Denis de Nogent-le-Rotrou would not let him do it! Bernard had to settle nearby, in the parish of Gardais, under the protection of the bishop of Chartres, Saint Yves and de Rotrou, Count of Perche. He had been established in a manor located between Brunelles and Ozée. The Notre-Dame-du-Val-d’Arcisses abbey welcomed Benedictine nuns during the 17th and 18th centuries. Destroyed during the Revolution, all that remains is the gatehouse, a beautiful arch embedded in a façade. One of the monks' major works was to dig the Arcisses canal, a diversion from the Cloche: it irrigated the abbey's lands and supplied the fountain which flowed near the Notre-Dame church in Nogent-le-Rotrou.
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54.7 km
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Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
53.5 km
1.18 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
54.0 km
751 m
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Elevation
Highest point (290 m)
Lowest point (120 m)
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