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Église Saint Madeleine is a church where beautiful various statues of Saints, famous and less famous. The reason for so many different statues is that the school of sculpture was established here.

The Madeleine Tower overlooks a beautiful square, surrounded by numerous terraces where it is good to quench your thirst after your exercise!

A beautiful route to take

Medieval heritage of the town of Verneuil which preserves numerous traces of this past and its former flourishing activities: first of all, the market square, just opposite the imposing and sumptuous Madeleine church (12th century). This “enormous and graceful stone flower”, in the words of the painter Maurice Vlaminck, underwent numerous embellishments in the medieval period to become one of the great jewels of flamboyant Gothic in Normandy.

Château des Bois Francs, in Normandy, is a 19th century castle surrounded by 310 hectares of forest and 15 hectares of lakes. You can admire the architecture of the castle, the French gardens and the wildlife that inhabits the region. Château des Bois Francs is an ideal place to relax and discover the beauty of the Normandy countryside.

This greenway is a former railway line that has been converted into an asphalt path for cyclists, roller skaters and walkers. It extends for approximately 9 km from Verneuil-sur-Avre to the Center Parc des Bois-Francs, a leisure resort with a lake and spa. Along the route, you can admire views of fields, forests and villages, and learn about the history and culture of the region thanks to the information panels.

A tower steeped in history!

The entire Gray Tower, as well as the soils corresponding to the influence of its old ditches, included in a space determined by a distance of 7.70 m from the walls of the building, as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree (cad. N 218 to 221, 330; on the place Saint-Laurent and the rue de la Tour-Grise, public domain not registered): classification by decree of February 15, 2016