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Built in the 16th century, with a lovely crafted portal; ogival wooden vault, with sandboxes, as in Brittany.

The charm of Nogent le Roi.

The Moulin de Mormoulins is a watermill located on the Eure River in the hamlet of Mormoulins. This mill dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries and is a listed historical monument. You can admire the old stone building, the wooden wheel, and the canal that diverts water from the river as you pass in front of the mill. The mill is surrounded by green fields and trees, creating a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere.

There were once two parishes in Maintenon: "St. Nicholas," a parish serving the castle and its dependent houses. The church of St. Nicholas, adjoining the castle, now deconsecrated, still stands on Maintenon's main square. "St. Peter," a parish covered by the surveys in this table, is a current parish in the commune. In addition, there was a priory, founded in 1220 under the name of the Priory of Our Lady of Maintenon. The church of Saint-Pierre in Maintenon is mentioned at the beginning of the 12th century, but nothing appears to have survived from this period. Indeed, the Count of Montgomery, a Huguenot, passed through Maintenon in 1567 and ruined the church. In 1692, Madame de Maintenon rebuilt the church of Saint-Pierre, which had fallen into ruin and had become too small for a population that had grown from 700 to 1,100 with the arrival of labor for the construction of the aqueduct. However, there is no evidence that the new church was built on the site of the old one. The foundation stone of the new church of Saint-Pierre was laid on June 4, 1692, by the Vicar General. The blessing took place on July 17, 1694. Bishop Godet des Marais subsequently consecrated the building. In 1736, the large "Henriette" bell was blessed by Mr. Jean François DEREYROLES, parish priest, in the presence of "the Most High and Most Powerful Lord, Monsignor Jean Paul François de NOAILLES, Count of AYEN" and by "the Most High and Most Powerful Lady, Madame Henriette Louise DAGUESSEAU de FRESNE, Countess of AYEN." From 1805 to 1813, Duke Jean-Paul de NOAILLES and his wife refurnished and decorated the Saint-Pierre church (the woodwork, credenzas, and pews were redone). The church's embellishment continued until 1899. The church's architecture is unremarkable. However, it is listed as one of the few Baroque churches in the department. The choir is flanked on one side by a sacristy and on the other by a room called "the vault." This is because, until the 1990s, it contained the bodies of some members of the Noailles family, who were buried there in stacked boxes that are still visible, but disused. The organ, installed in the gallery, is no longer in use. It had been partially dismantled for a renovation that proved too expensive, and some of the pipes were stolen. During the 1939-1945 war, almost all of the old stained-glass windows were destroyed and replaced with modern ones, the work of a master glassmaker from the region: Victor Cot-Dezan.

According to tradition, the church choir covers the remains of an older building, possibly dating back to the 6th century, which was built to house the saint's body. According to current knowledge, the commune of Saint-Piat (Sanctus Piatus in Latin) officially appeared in 1087, mentioned in a charter of the Nottonville Priory (Eure-et-Loir), on which it depended. The current building was rebuilt during the time of Francis I, as suggested by the date 1535 engraved on two buttresses of the apse and the date 1542 engraved on a piece of wood from the vault. This is according to a study by the SAEL (Eure-et-Loir Archaeological Society). The three-sided apses, the dripstone towers (horizontal members projecting from a wall), and the sculpted roof structures are a testament to the importance of the reconstructions carried out in the department during the 16th century. The church of Saint-Piat is one of them. While the church has not been officially recognized, it nevertheless contains objects that have attracted attention both for their antiquity and quality, but not always for good reason. Their artistic value, far from attracting only religious or aesthetic interest, has also aroused a covetousness that, unfortunately, remains for some of them. Fortunately, those still in place are carefully cared for and offer the curious a story to discover, a beauty to slowly ponder as they progress toward the choir.

The Saint-Rémy church in Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre is dedicated to Saint Remi of Reims, Bishop of Reims who baptized Clovis in 496 in the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Reims. In the 12th century, it marked the border between the Duchy of Normandy and the French royal domain on which Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre depends. It is a flamboyant Gothic church from the 15th century, probably rebuilt since we have mention of its existence since the end of the 11th century.

The Saint Jacques church was built in the 12th century and was classified as a historical monument in 1992. It has a statue of a 16th century Virgin of Calvary, classified as a historical monument in 1994.

The church of Chartainvilliers was built in 1691. At least that is the date engraved on one of the stones of the façade. It consists of only one nave, the choir which is only the extension of the nave is separated from it only by a wooden support partition, and by a stone step. Each side of the church is lit by three ogival windows. The nave and the choir are crowned with a flat paneling of a very unpleasant effect and of poor execution, it is composed of poorly joined and barely whitewashed boards. This church is extremely small, it seems to have been built by the Noailles family, it is likely that at its origin it was considered simply as a seigneurial chapel and not as a parish church. It bears below the western entrance door, and engraved on stone, a Shield which although damaged we believed to recognize as the coat of arms of the Duchy of Maintenon. The Priest and the Mayor pointed out to us that the church was indeed too small for the population, and that an enlargement estimate amounting to 10,000 francs had already been drawn up but had not been executed, the planned enlargement was of The bell tower straddling the middle of the church is formed of a framework in fairly good condition but the slate roof is in a complete state of destruction and needs to be redone. The walls of the church are built in large masonry, a sandstone platform crowns the walls. The framework is made of very small oak, the roof is made of tiles. The entire nave is in very poor condition. The western gable, already held by 4 iron anchors attached to the frame, overhangs and we consider its reconstruction as inevitable. The tiled roof is also in poor condition and also needs to be partly redone. The rafters are weak and too far apart, several rafters need to be replaced. Main dimensions. Length of the nave internally 12.30 meters – Length of the choir 11.20 meters – Width of the nave 7.80 meters – height from the ground to under the floor 5.50 meters – height from the ground to under the drip edge 6.00 meters – perpendicular height of the roof 6.00 meters – height. Of the bell tower measured from the peak of the church to the spire 6.00 meters. statistics of municipal buildings and structures produced by cantonal road agents between 1852 and 1854