Saint George's Church, Rosay – Porte Saint Julien loop from La Frileuse

Saint George's Church, Rosay – Porte Saint Julien loop from La Frileuse

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Saint George's Church, Rosay – Porte Saint Julien loop from La Frileuse

02:33

61.9km

360m

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Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 24, 2026

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11.6 km

Saint George's Church, Rosay

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Religious building or fortified castle? The church of St George is surprising!

Of Romanesque origin (11th century), the places have been transformed over the centuries, notably during the wars of religion where the church was fortified. A front part is built with a complete defense system: watchtowers (small turrets), loopholes and barred doors. These defense elements narrowly escaped destruction in the 17th century.

Inside you can admire a Virgin and Child, Saint Barbara, Saint Paul and of course the statue of Saint George. You will also be able to observe the remains of one of the Aunais crosses.
The building presents many other treasures: old clock mechanism, exhibition on the Cassini family, liturgical vestments...

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Château de Bonnétable

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The castle was started in the 1400s. 400 years later it was restored in the neogothic style.

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Saint-Maurice Church

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In this architecture we find different styles and periods, from the 12th, 15th, 16th to the 19th century, including Gothic and Neo-Romanesque.

Romanesque bays and foothills. Stained glass window and 16th century font as well as the current apse and the two side chapels.
The south door with its lintel and its straight feet decorated with rosettes and diamonds.
The church had stained glass windows from the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century. Fragments exist in the speckles and spandrels of the bay of the Rosary Chapel, listed in 1983.
The stained glass windows are almost all dated and signed by the same glass painter between 1885-1889 "af Paris" probably Anselme Fialex, son of François Fialex who was a glass painter in Mayet

Creation of an entrance to the square as well as the opening of new 19th century bays.
the vault, paneled and undoubtedly painted from the beginning, was redone in 1602 with restoration in the 19th century, when a new decoration was painted.
The main altar dates from 1867.

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Porte Saint Julien

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This door probably existed from the origin of the fortification of the city. The current building was however rebuilt, at the same time as the enclosure, around 1480. It has a function that is both ostentatious and legal. It actually served as a place of collection of the granting (tax on goods) under the Old Regime. Its monumentality and its decor express the importance given to the city at the time.

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