Attractions and Places To See around Chaumoux-Marcilly - Top 10

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The Sainte-Madeleine church in Jalognes is a Catholic religious building located in the Cher department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It was built in the 12th century, but was completely rebuilt and enlarged by the architect Charles Guillard in 1864, incorporating part of the 12th century nave. The church is built of limestone rubble and consists of a barrel-vaulted apse chapel, closed by a cul-de-four vault, a barrel-vaulted nave and aisles, with doubleaux for the central nave, and a choir surrounded by an ambulatory. Arcades, supported by columns with capitals sculpted with foliage, separate the three naves. The interior of the church is also remarkable. You can admire decorative elements such as sculptures, paintings and stained glass windows. The choir is decorated with a gilded wooden altarpiece, which represents the life of Saint Madeleine. The Sainte-Madeleine church is a place of worship, but it is also a very interesting place to visit for history and architecture lovers. It is open to the public every day of the week, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you are passing through the region, do not hesitate to come and discover it!

Impossible to miss this beautiful church all alone at the end of this grassy path. Its history echoes the construction of the Notre-Dame de Fourvières basilica in 1870 following the wish of the Lyonnais to build it if the Prussians do not cross the Saône. Indeed, Claude Gindre, the owner of the Château de Laverdines since 1860, is a silk worker from Lyon and makes a similar wish concerning the Vauvise valley. He kept his promise in 1873 by having this chapel dedicated to the Virgin built, but outside the castle grounds so that all the villagers could have access to it. A replica of the Virgin Mary which crowns the Lyon basilica was initially on its roof and is today preserved on the ground, next to the church. It was bought by the municipality in 1893 for a symbolic franc and then work was undertaken with the help of the heritage foundation between 2016 and 2019 in order to repair significant external damage. Behind the gate on the other side of the road, you can see Laverdines Castle in the distance.

Stop at the mill, the traditional oil mill, very warm welcome and you can have a drink in the fridge

Dating from the 12th century, the castle of Pesselières is of Medieval type and includes a remarkable park. Indeed, the French-style garden consists of a 300-meter-long three-hundred-year-old boxwood alley, a channel fed by two sources. A hundred trees of remarkable species were planted in 2009, and the park received the Remarkable Garden label in 2013. The castle can be visited for € 8. More information: https://www.chateau-pesselieres.com/ and http://www.pesselieres.com/

The Templar Commandery of Bordes, the first traces of which date from 1170, is classified as a French heritage. From 1312, it was devolved to the order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem. The chapel, still visible today, dates from the end of the 13th century.

The Laverdines Church having been destroyed, the village no longer had a parish. During the invasion of Prussia in 1870, Claude Gindre, then owner of the castle of Laverdines, promised to build a chapel if Prussia did not cross the Loire. The promise was kept with the construction from 1873 to 1875 of this chapel, ceded to the state for a symbolic Franc in 1983. It is well maintained, and is located right next to the Castle of the same name, which cannot be visited.