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The doors of the Vineyard...Vertou
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FROM VERTOU TO LES SORINIÈRESEDGES OF THE ROMANTIC SEVRE |
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| Go to the pavement of Monks, constructed by monks of the abbey of Vertou between 1470 and 1650. Street Charles-Lecour, at the traffic lights, take on the left kicks it Charles-Chollet. Down, the park of leisures of the Loiry offers a superb site with plan of water of 3 hectares and frayère, basis of canoeing, games for children, theater of greenery, cafétaria, and mini - golf. After the bridge of the Chêne, the first road on the right leads to the Moulin Gautron. From there profit the pretty point of view on the Sèvre and - the pavement of Monks. The erection of a barrage replied to a triple goal : to retain upstream from Vertou a volume of water sufficing to render possible navigation to Monnières and Clisson (and even beyond, until the Poitou); to establish a plan of water to install a mill to provide the necessary flour for the religious and to their subjects; finally, to fit a passage between the Oak and the agglomeration, connection that could be made only by boat. One imagines the importance of communications by way of water during all the Middle - Age. As most of rivers, the Sèvre was un pas qui marche " by which undertook the major part of the trade between Nantes and the vineyard. The Moulin Gautron, ancient water mill , then slaughterhouse, has become a cultural expression center and creativity welcoming exhibitions. Climb steps beside until ruins of the wind mill dominating the Sèvre. Take back until the Oak, then on the left to the castle of The Frémoire. | ||||
| The village of The Barbinière sheltered formerly the wagtails. Captains to the long run united on benches to tell their adventures. Observe on the place on places it typical houses with their external staircases to access to the accommodation, the ground floor serving as barn or hangar to boats. At approximately 500 m, you access to The Frémoire, constructed in 1 850 in replacement of a residence more ancient dont subsists the chapel dating the XVIII century and the press (right). |
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| Bypass The
Frémoire, since 1990 the house of Designations, draws
then a pretty panorama on the valley of the Sèvre.
Resume the direction of the Portillon then, to the stop
on the right, the D 58 to The Salmonière, where existed
once, according to researches of Charles Marionneau (XIX,
century), Gallo-Roman constructions (porch and turret
with moat) Continue in direction of the Pâtis-Viaud.
Admire again typical houses on the edge of Sèvre. Turn
right to Régniers (D 105), then to left. You are on
ruins of the castle of The Bareille (1723), departure of
a beautiful walk on foot through the countryside of
Vertou. Rejoin the village by portillon. After the bridge, take to the roundabout on the left the boulevard Guichet - Serex then the bridge and the place of the Chêne, to rejoin the park of the filée to Sorinières. |
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