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Local Curiosities The area of Villedieu Intercom, counting 29 municipalities around Villedieu-les-Poêles, is crossed by the rivers Sienne, Vire, Sée and Soulles. This area, which is typical of Normandy, is characterized by several smaller mountains, such as the Mont Robin, near Percy, with a height of 276m. Beslon: • Cross-shaped church, which was enlarged in the middle of the 19th century, among others with stones of the Saint-Fraguaire church, which is right next to it. The steeple in the north was built in 1550 • Former manor house of Saint-Fraguaire from the 18th century • Path Cross with pilgrim stick on the way towards Saint-Aubin-des-Bois • Mills and settlements as well as isolated dwelling houses Boisyvon: • Sparse habitat • The cross-shaped church, a steeple from the 17th century built by de Laforestrie, the gable in the south-west direction of the church nave contains the dedication "1533 P L Laurence CD", the Choir carries another dedication “maid by Sir Delaforestrie, king's prosecutor in Avranches, 1713”. • Castle • Mill at the Sienne • National modern oratory in the church of Notre-Dame La Bloutière: • Cross-shaped church from the 15th-20th century. • Very beautiful holy Venisse, which is the subject of a popular cult • A centuries-old grave, one of the oldest in the area • Very nice view of the valley of the Sienne • Former priory of Saint Thomas Cantorbéry, founded in 1099 • Former home of the priory monks, reconstructed in 1760 • A church destroyed at the end of the 19th century Bourguenolles: • Bundled and isolated habitat • Cross-shaped church from the 18th century, very beautiful multi-colored wooden cross at the main altar from the 18th century • Path cross Champrépus: • Beautiful bell tower in the north of the transept built by Frémont, the priest of the village. Restored cast-iron crosses showing the theological virtues. • Bundled and isolated habitat, built with sandstones from the region "Beauchamps" • Mill of l'Airou • Cross of Saint Crépin La Chapelle-Cécilin: • Cross-shaped church, slightly away from the city center. Bell tower with porch in the west, built between 1819 and 1820. South chapel "made by Mr. Heslouis, pastor of this parish in 1872". North chapel built in 1820 • Riding sports center Le Chefresne: • Church with Romanesque style from the 11th - 12th century. Century. Very nice pulpit • Protestant temple and cemetery in the Neufbourg village, monument protected. The village of Chêne- Guérin was originally a Protestant parish • Routes for hikers, bikers and riders (14km) departure at the Neufbourg car park Chérencé-le-Héron: • Cross-shaped church, which was partially rebuilt in the 19th century. Antique baptismal font, antique altar and antique seat series from the 18th century. The ancient cross of the cemetery was moved to the new cemetery • Former town hall (also school) built in the 19th century with the gable "République française“ La Colombe: • Church and steeple. Window, in the middle of the choir room dedicated to the life of the Christ and protected by the label historic monuments. Window at the foot of the church nave, dedicated to Dom Furet, a priest of the Trappist Abbey of Notre Dame de Grâce in Bricquebec • Site of the former castle la Roche Tesson on the slopes of the Sienne Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre: • Bundled and isolated habitat • Cross-shaped church, bell-tower with steeple in the west, built in 1580; Sacristy built in 1699; Church nave renewed in the 18th century; south Chapel built in 1842; Window dedicated to the holy Clément, protector of the stonemasons • Depended grave in the form of columns in memory of Mr. V Fillatre, pastor of this place, died December 30, 1860 at the age of 57 years “CONSUMMATUS IN BREVI EXPLIVIT TEMPORA MULTA tribute, from the parish pater”. • Former town hall and also former boys and girls school from the 19th century with a pilaster façade, pediment, narrow windows and low windows (windows for the classrooms) • Cross, made and given by Jean Huet in 1820 with a beautiful Christ in relief Fleury: • An uncommon large church; with remplaced style windows in the middle of the choir • Sculptures of piety from the 15th century • Bundled and isolated habitat • Cross of the ancient priory of La Bloutière on the road to Granville. Protestant Temple (Le Chefresne) Le Guislain: • Cross-shaped church, originally Romanesque but remodeled. The main altar was built in the 18th century • Grab of the Baron General of the area Houssin-de-Saint-Laurent • Mansion of Guislain nearby • Settlements on the way to Hambye-le-Mesnil-Herman La Haye-Bellefond: • Former castle whose entrance was secured by two towers with shooting ranges • Former mill from the 17th century • Church with a multi-colored altarpiece from the 18th century. Notice the painting of the deposition of the Christ. Castle (La Haye Bellefond) La Lande d'Airou: • Cross-shaped church, which is protected by the label of historic monuments, completely stone arched • Nearby an 18th century castle, in the middle of a park with trees; Very beautiful, renovated dovecote, approved from the foundation of inheritance and culture • Monumental cross of La Hamellière • Place of Saint Roch, the subject of numerous ancient pilgrimages • Path cross Margueray: • Small church from the 17th century, surmounted by a wooden bell tower. • The church and cemetery was originally in the village of Chêne Guérin • Altar, tower built by Guillaume Lepesant from 1712 Maupertuis: • Cross-shaped church of the 16th century, modified in the 19th century. Beautiful and rare altarpiece of the region, showing a bas-relief in polychrome wood of the Nativity beautifully restored, statuary. Montabot: • Cross-shaped church, bell tower-porch to the west dedicated "master Jean Duval Destin priest of this place gave 500 pounds to help the tower, 1737". • Two funerary yews. • Protestant cemetery at La Pâture. Montbray: • Bourg with grouped habitat in arc of circle around the old castle mound. • Former castle, transformed into town hall with a monumental granite staircase of the 17th century. • Restored washhouse close to the old estate of the castle. • Saint Pierre Chapel in the heart of the agglomeration with interesting furniture. • The church of Saint Martin, further, is characterized by very rich furniture. • Many path crosses. • Magnificent panorama on the valley of the Drôme, the forest of Saint-Sever, the borough and the abbey of Saint-Sever. Morigny: • Church, whose bell tower was rebuilt at the end of the 19th century, object of a popular cult in Sainte Venisse. • Very beautiful property of the Aumoire with defensive dovecote, pond, former property of a canon of Avranches. • Typical rural country house made of granite. Percy: • Village from the reconstruction. • State houses, rue Gustave Blouet (road of Montabot), having reliefs in front of the houses due to Lambert Rucki. • Cross-shaped Neo-Gothic church restored in the 20th century. Large windows in the two chapels of the transept. Rich furniture. • Statue of Cardinal Georges Grente. • Vestige of the old church porch, reassembled place Saint Martin. • Saint Michel fountain with the medallion of Cardinal Joseph Grente of the French Academy. • Mount Robin, an important point in the center of la Manche, where a high holy cross is built in 1925, a sporting itinerary and a discovery route. • Village of Hamel Bouteiller where sister Martha was born, beatified. • Chapel of the Vérablière at the old mansion with the same name. • Bike track "between Sienne and Soulles". Rouffigny: • Very beautiful fortified bell tower of the 16th century, north of the transept. • Replica of the cave of Lourdes. • Medieval statuary, religious furniture 18th century. Sainte-Cécile: • Cross-shaped church of the 16-18th century, signature from "Vigors". • Polychrome wooden statue of Saint Cecilia, 17th century. • Tomb sarcophagus, 18th century, on the burial of Messire Jacques de Boisadam, squire, sir des Landes, died January 17th, 1766, in the communal cemetery. • Former granite country house. Manoir de Lacherie, the former Baronnie de Montbray, a renowned restaurant. Saint-Martin-le-Bouillant: • Sparse habitat. • Cross-shaped Church from the second half of the 18th century. • Beautiful stained-glass windows of the chancel consecrated in eight episodes to the life of Saint Martin Bishop of Tours. • Statue of St. James the Great at the altarpiece. • Miquelots (Saint Michel pilgrim) Landmark at the exit of the borough. • Equestrian farm of the ford, farrier (www.equitation-du-gue.com, telephone 06 88 70 60 58). Saint-Maur-des-Bois: • Formerly renowned for its paper mills on the river La Sienne. • An oblong church with a bell tower on the west side, the object of a popular cult. • Funeral heritage including the tomb of Gendrin-Dumesnil, officer. Saint-Pois: • Big village on hillside with houses made of country stone. • Neo-Gothic Church, consecrated on September 16, 1888. Stained glass windows of the choir on the roundabout created by the glass-maker François Aberge of Toulouse in 1899. • Deep valleys, numerous outcrops of granite. • Castle on the road of Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie: dovecote, chapel, monumental porch, wood/forest. • Granite Road. The Tanu-Noirpalu: • The Viaduct of Guibel, built in 1869. • Romanesque Church of the Tanu, apse with a furnace bottom shape, 11th-12th centuries, extremely rare in La Manche, porch of the same period, old funerary slabs. • The church of Noirpalu beautifully restored in 1998 after the fire which destroyed it on January 11, 1996. Bell tower from 1657, choir and nave from 1771, lengthening of the nave in 1828. La Trinité: • Very beautiful canopy of the Crucifixion at the head of the church. • Many ancient gravestones around the church, outside and inside. • Panorama on the “bocage”. • The obelisk of the public garden of Coutances comes from the quarries of La Trinité. Villedieu-les-Poêles: • The town of Villedieu-les-Poêles is characterized by the conservation of a dense traditional habitat.

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