Amazing town of Pithiviers, the Saint Grégoire chapel cave, refuge of a hermit. The fortress of Yévre le Chatel [Located on a spur, at the limit of the territory of the Carnutes and the Senons, the oppidum protected a communication route, then two Roman entities after 52 BC. The site overlooked the Roman road from Sens to Le Mans. After the Christianization of Gallo-Roman Gaul, the Rimarde river was the border between the bishoprics of Sens, parish of Saint-Martin de Souville; and Saint-Lazare Leprosarium and the bishopric of Orléans, parish of Saint-Gault and Saint-Lubin. This division remained until the 19th century. Around 1200, on the orders of Philip Augustus, the castle was rebuilt according to the latest improvements in military architecture brought back from the Crusades, in particular relief arches increasing resistance to undermining work. a long history that you can discover on the websites. There is also a path to Saint Jacques The road to Saint-Jacques coming from Moret-sur-Loing From Moret, the Jacquets wishing to venerate the relics of Saint Mathurin went to Grez-sur-Loing, quickly reaching Larchant. From there, they headed towards Orléans to join one of the great roads of Saint-Jacques, that of Tours. do not forget Pithiviers le Vieille [Indeed, the village of Pithiviers-le-Vieil, located on the border of the Carnute and Sénon countries, is at the crossroads of the great Roman roads Orléans-Reims and Sens-Le Mans. A jewel of Gallo-Roman culture with its sanctuary made up of eight indigenous-type temples or fana, this place was frequented since Antiquity because of its curative springs in the Segray valley.
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