The Church Saint Vincent of Le Lude !!!

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I was on my by now monthly road warrior trails of my belle France, I was out with my boys and my good dog Rex riding into the wonderful regions near me. This even if passed by before, is my first time in the town of Le Lude, full of architecture and history monuments.The town of Le Lude is located in the Sarthe department 72 in the Pays de la Loire region of my belle France , Therefore, here is my take on the Church Saint Vincent of Le Lude !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Church Saint-Vincent dates from the 11-12C, and 16C and 18C, The origins of the parish church are unclear. In the 9C, a first church in Le Lude , belonging to the Abbey of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes in Poitou, was apparently destroyed during the Norman invasions. Around the year 1000, the priest Hamelin built a chapel near this church, dedicated to Saint-Aubin, which he then gave to the Abbey of Saint-Aubin in Angers. The monks of the Angevin abbey then founded a priory and purchased part of the old cemetery to build their house. At the beginning of the 12C, the inhabitants of Le Lude built a small church between the new cemetery and the town gate, which they dedicated to Notre-Dame-des-Vertus. At an undetermined date, the Saint-Jouin priory moved to the apse of the Notre-Dame-des-Vertus church, and the old church, whose name is often confused with that of the priory became the Saint-Vincent parish Church, which still retained a small cemetery in front of its gate in 1703. The history of this church has been very eventful since the 19C: in 1854, the bell tower collapsed, and in 1966, the nave vault and part of its southern wall collapsed. Around 1900 an imitation of the church of Chenu, the bell tower was rebuilt above the western facade.

The plan of the Church Saint Vincent shows significant distortions due to very different construction campaigns: the nave is not aligned with the choir. The choir is believed to have been on the site of the original 11C church, to which a nave was added in the 12-13C. The entire choir, with its three bays and side aisles, was enlarged in the 16C. The bell tower rested on four large pillars placed between the choir and the nave.

The town of Le Lude on its heritage : https://www.ville-lelude.fr/ma-ville/histoire-et-patrimoine/

The local Loir Valley tourist office on Le Lude : https://www.loir-valley.com/things-to-see-to-do/sites-to-visit/

The Sarthe dept 72 tourist office on small towns of character of France such as Le Lude : https://www.sarthetourism.com/essentials/the-petites-cites-de-caractere/

There you go folks , a nice quant town worth a detour me think. The area is wonderfully located to visit other wonders of my belle France, Again ,hope you enjoy this post on the Church Saint Vincent of Le Lude !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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