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This church in Meslay-Le-Vidame, whose architecture reflects the formal language of antiquity, was dedicated to the patron saint of Saint Etienne. He was one of the first seven deacons of the original Jerusalem church and, according to the biblical accounts in the New Testament, the first martyr (martyr) of early Christianity. The church commemorates his death on Boxing Day, December 26th. As the Acts of the Apostles recounts: When Stephen recounted his vision of the open heavens, "And he, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God" (Chapter 7, Verse 55), the people were so outraged that they drove him out of the city and stoned him.

Unfortunately, the church was not accessible when I visited (mid-September 2024). You could only look in through a gate and the dance of death depictions on the left side were not really visible. In front of them were transparencies with skeleton drawings. Maybe those were the depictions...

The walls of the nave of the church of Saint-Orien are adorned with paintings from the 15th century, which are surprisingly well preserved. They represent a dance of death, symbolizing the confrontation between humans and death. To have !

these paintings are quite exceptional and deserve to be appreciated by visitors passing through or not.

Very beautiful paintings which we feel the age

Built in 1768, the castle was extended a century later, then used as a boarding school around the 1950s. The castle was bought in 2004 by the Boulard family who restored it. Since then, it is possible to rent it for seminars or weddings. A 22-hectare park surrounds two guest rooms and is home to wallabies and some unusual animals.

In the spring, behind the castle we saw the park and the kangaroos with their cubs

This church with the appearance of an ancient temple is a real curiosity that you must visit