CIRCUIT DES 3 CITÉS – N°32
Come and discover the 3 towns of character that are Thorigné en Charnie, Saulges and St Pierre sur Erve along the paths!
Route details
Description
This 13,6 km circuit is suitable for pedestrians.
Here you'll discover our rich heritage: chapels, churches, lime kilns, and mills. This tour will also reveal the beauty of our landscapes through the steep paths, caves, and canyons of Saulges. You'll also spot the imperturbable Aurochs!
You can download and print this circuit by clicking on the PDF bubble.
For mountain bikers and horse riders, we recommend loop no. 03.
Your itinerary
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Step 4: ST. SYLVAIN CHAPEL
In the 6th century, a hermit monk from the Abbey of Micy near Orléans, withdrew to Maine and settled in a sparsely populated town, which later became the village of Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve.
He settled on the hill which today bears his name, near a spring.
The locals call it “Saint-Sylvain” in reference to “Sylvanus”, the Roman god and protector of forests.
In 1431, Jean de Thévalles, Lord of Saint-Pierre, had a chapel built. The building is crowned by a bell tower with small, round-arched windows.
Since the Middle Ages, many pilgrims have come to worship there and have had the custom of engraving graffiti on the walls of the chapel to indicate their passages.
Among the oldest inscriptions are still visible those of 1739 and 1745.
