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The imposing structure known as the "Château de Chateaudun" that reveals itself to visitors here is, of course, also available in other sports in the komoot system. For the corresponding hiking highlight, you'll find further relevant information and additional photos under the tips. If you're interested, see =>> https://www.komoot.com/de-de/highlight/936307

Superb castle in the Perche!

Built on an old feudal motte, which is still visible and was completely destroyed during the Hundred Years' War, it was replaced in the second half of the 15th century by the castle, the remains of which can still be seen today. The Saint-François Tower remains as it was, with its Grisons base and rows of white stone. Halfway up the circle is the Cord of Saint Francis of Assisi, with its coils and knots. A Renaissance building was added in the 16th century, and new buildings were constructed in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Three periods marked the construction of the church: the 12th century for the main nave, the 15th century for the side naves and the pulpit, the 17th century for the tower that supports the bell tower. The Romanesque period. The main nave was built in grison (very hard rock made up of small flints agglomerated using iron oxide). The main door is formed of three arches without any decoration because grison is not suitable for sculpture. The Gothic period. These are the side naves and the pulpit. Their roofs are formed of four gables. The latter are separated by gutters that end with sculpted gargoyles. The Renaissance period. The bell tower dates from the middle of the 17th century. The date 1647 can be read on the lintel of the door at the bottom of the bell tower. It is a tower that supports the bell tower. The interior of the tower is lit by a very simple rose window on the first floor. This tower was originally topped by a very slender spire, one of the tallest in the region, which was destroyed in February 1802 by a fire caused by lightning. Due to lack of sufficient resources, the spire was not rebuilt in the same style: square at the base, it ends with an octagonal spire. The interior decoration. At the end of the 19th century, the walls of the sanctuary were covered with neo-Byzantine style paintings by Doctor Paul Durand. However, this learned archaeologist died before finishing his work and it was Abbot Henault who completed it. Various frescoes are visible. One of them represents doves, symbols of the Christian soul in contemplation in front of bunches of grapes alternating with ears of wheat, symbols of the Eucharist. In the window embrasures, round medallions contain the names of the virtues with characteristic emblems. There are many statues. Some are made of wood, others of plaster or stucco. They represent the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and other Saints (Saint Eloi, Saint Benedict, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Lubin...). There are also many paintings. Some were copied in Rome from Italian masters. They represent the Virgin Mary and the Holy Family, the Holy Face. Also in this church is a remarkable painted wooden crucifix fixed to the punch of the frame at the entrance to the choir.

The church dates from the 12th century and was remodeled in the 15th or 16th century, its buttresses and bell tower date from the 19th century. It houses a wrought iron communion table from the 18th century.

The Saint-Lubin church, built on a sloping site, is a vast building with juxtaposed constructions, bearing witness to renovations and additions up to the 19th century, the oldest distinguished by the presence of grison, the most recent by limestone and flint. The sanctuary was ceded in 1077 by the monks of Saint-Denis de Nogent-le-Rotrou to the monks of the Saint-Père de Chartres abbey. Built in the 11th-12th century, the nave extended by a semi-circular apse is the oldest part of the church, in Romanesque style. In the thickness of the north walls of the nave are still visible the grison bonds which bear witness to the original openings. The building was considerably enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries by the construction of a large transept, formed of two chapels, and a south aisle forming an alignment of gables attached to the slopes decorated with leafy motifs and finished with chimeras. The construction of the north aisle, just begun, was not finished. On the outside, on the west wall of the chapel, we can see the beginning of a first bay (stone arch and walls removed that remained unfinished). On the gable of the north transept, the walled door can be seen from the pointed arch and the ornate pinnacles, characteristic of the end of the 15th century. In the center, two animals present a coat of arms. On each side of the door, niches with canopies once housed statues. Above, we can still see a coat of arms presented by two bearded figures and probably surmounted by God the Father. According to local tradition, all or part of the extensions were due to the generosity of Florimont Robertet, who owned the barony of Brou from 1509 until his death in 1527, and it was because of this that the work was interrupted. Occupied by the revolutionaries, the building became a ten-day temple in 1794; it was finally returned to worship in 1802. Burnt down by lightning in 1813, the upper part of the bell tower, which was a slender spire, was replaced by the construction of a square limestone tower pierced with louvers. On the southern part of the bell tower, a turret provides access to the bells. In the southern part of the nave, a door, now blocked and highlighted by a basket-handle arch topped with a pinnacle, provided access to the cemetery that once surrounded the church. The building can boast of having preserved very uniform oak furniture, most of which was made in the second half of the 18th century.

Porte de Boisville Its ogival portal opens into a thick quadrangular massif where there was a room for operating the portcullis. We can still see the groove in the thickness of the walls. On the left and right two small funnel-shaped spaces allowed the defenders to observe and repel the enemies who appeared on the bridge. The gate was topped by a building serving as a guardhouse which was demolished in 1761. The guarding of these doors and their keys was in the troubled times of the Hundred Years' War the subject of concern for the inhabitants and also a source of quarrels and trials between the city and the abbey. This gate is preceded by a bridge of 5 stone arches, the one adjoining the gate was built in 1774 and replaced a drawbridge which defended the entrance.