The Notre Dame de la Trinité Church is mentioned for the first time in 1139 in a document confirming the domains of Cormery Abbey, issued by Pope Innocent II. It was located within the walls of the Château d’Ussé ,and was later the seat of a priory of the abbey under the current church, The archeological research has found the remains of two previous churches, the first built at the turn of the 7C and 8C, the second at the end of the 10C. They also revealed, around the church, the existence of large stone buildings, contemporary with the first church. At that time, Rigny was an estate of the monastery of Saint-Martin de Tours. A wonderful church indeed, In 1983, the church and 22 ares of land around were sold for a symbolic franc at the “association of the Teillay forest park”, which has become the association Notre-Dame de Rigny, The church abandoned since 1863, the church revised thanks to a series of works initiated by the above association, owner of the premises for forty years. The restoration of the interior of the nave ended in June 2023.
There is an old building here, the rectory of the Notre Dame Church, It is now unoccupied, the last rector was in 1972,
We came by the highway A85 exit /sortie 5 get on D749 dir Avoine before nuclear power plant go left on the D5 direction Rigny-Ussé just on the crossing with the road D16 you see the nice Pont sur l’Indre, (over the indre river) ,park here for a while as it offers the best view of the Château de Rigny-Ussé from outside.
A bit of history I like tell us that the village of Ussé merged in 1860 with Rigny to form the town of Rigny-Ussé. The village of Ussé houses the Château de Rigny-Ussé, aka« château de la belle au bois dormant » or the Sleeping Beauty Castle, It was Charles Perrault having resided in the 17C and being inspired by Ussé during the writing of Sleeping Beauty. The town of Rigny-Ussé is halfway between Tours and Saumur while descending the course of the Loire, the town is in the center of a quadrilateral formed by Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Bourgueil and Langeais. Close to 15 km from these cities, it offers, from them, easy and pleasant access. The castle is right on D 7 road , the town takes place like a long ribbon, from east to west. Picturesque old houses made of tuffeau and covered with slates follow each other, for the majority, along the main street which leaves the Port Gautier to reach the famous castle, this track, bordered by Indre to the north, is back to a hill nicely wooded south; it is completed by the Ile Saint-Martin formed by the arms of Indre from which we have the most beautiful view of the castle and the hill. The Vallon de Rigny, a green setting where the old Notre-Dame-de-Rigny church and its miraculous fountain huddled, also houses many hamlets with typical residences. We know that in the 5C religious came to settle at a place called Saint-Paul, east of Rigny (a little before Port Gautier) to preach the religion of Christ there. They build a church and a monastery there that all traces has disappeared today. In the 9C, the Benedictines of Cormery sent a few monks to continue the work of their predecessors and founded a priory there. They receive from the Lord of Ussé of the lands and the woods which then form the Bordery of Saint-Paul. In 1040 ; the town of Ussé began to be born. The religious then think of getting closer to this new center and build the small Sainte-Foy chapel, in the jardin du Seigneur or Lord’s garden, not far from that which exists today. They also build the Sainte-Foy priory, probably in front of the castle. While establishing themselves in Ussé, they continue to provide for the spiritual needs of Rigny.
In the 15C ,the region of Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt (see post) ,and Rigny was a regular place of stay of King Louis XI which comes to Mass to Notre Dame de Rigny Church ,and signs ordinances and letters missive. Louis XI did not fear to cross the large forest of Chinon where he liked hunting to come and attend the mass in Notre-Dame-de-Rigny for which he had a particular devotion. We know through the registers that there were many offerings in gold , The habitat, in the 18C, was in the form of a mosaic of isolated farms and hamlets. Only Ussé can show an alignment of 31 houses thanks to an important legacy, With the help of the town and the State, after three years of work, ended the construction of the new church in 1859, in the center of Ussé, realizing a project of 1701! The official merger of the two village entities was decided in 1860: it was now called Rigny-Ussé . During the War of 1870, in October, the town was visited by a company of snipers and then occupied by the Prussians from February 28 to 5 March 1871.
The official Château d’Ussé: https://www.chateaudusse.fr/
The town of Rigny-Ussé on its heritage : http://www.rigny-usse.fr/points-d-inerets-et-site-remarquables.html
There you go folks, a nice town and beautiful architecture and history we love it ! This is me , us in the road warrior trips of my beautiful Loire valley , the valley of the kings, ,where else!! Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Rigny-Ussé as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health , and many cheers to all !!! 
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