The best traffic-free bike rides around Fresnay-Le-Gilmert

The current remains are those of the 15th-century gate and its barbican or artillery boulevard. The earliest remains on the site date back to the 1st century, with the remains of an ancient domus, a street, and its wooden gutter. The first Guillaume Gate was built around 1185; a wall can still be seen a little further along Rue de la Porte Guillaume. Source: https://journals.openedition.org/cem/14214?lang=en

Visit the exhibition of art and the labyrinth. Awful picture attached 🤪

Chartres en Lumières returns for a 21st edition, illuminating 21 sites seven evenings a week from April 13, 2024 to January 5, 2025. For the 2024 season, Chartres en Lumières includes in its program the Saint-Aignan church, which is preparing its grand return, and the façade of the Departmental Council, Place Châtelet, where the Eurelian heritage will be honored. With Chartres en Lumières, immerse yourself in a magical, colorful universe and discover, in an atypical way, the must-sees in the heart of the city of Chartres from dusk to 1 a.m. (11:30 p.m. from October 27).

A medieval building has shaped the city's skyline for centuries: the cathedral's two towers reaching towards the sky can be seen from a long way away. This early example of Gothic architecture not only shaped Chartres itself, but was also a model for many other church buildings for a long time, not only in France, but also spread beyond its borders to other countries.

Porte Guillaume is an old city gate that was located in the Eure in Chartres. It was destroyed in August 1944 by the retreating German army.

The first Guillaume gate was built at the end of the 12th century; it is then one of the gates of the enclosure surrounding the city of Chartres. It bears the name of Guillaume de Ferrières, Viscount of Chartres. Under the erroneous name of "Porte Saint-Guillaume", the building appears on the first list of 1840 established at the request of Prosper Mérimée. It was classified as a historical monument in 1911. The gate was destroyed by the retreating German army on the night of August 15 to 16, 1944. The protection was not called into question after its destruction. An excavation campaign intended to understand the architecture of the door is organized by the archaeological service of the town hall of Chartres in several successive campaigns from 2010 to 2014. source: wikipedia

This discovery began with the old castle of Gougnault from 1300 to 1413 then the rebirth under Louis XIV and the creation of the Eure canal which crossed the park, followed by an 18th and 19th. "In 1780, four-year-old Anne Marie Reviers de Mauny planted a cedar in a kindergarten and the tree still stands in the town hall park" underlined Jacques Charron, the president of the association. This discovery ended with the period of the liberation of the village on August 15, 1944 by the Americans. source: the republican echo

Called Grand Pont and Pont du Château, because it served the village of the castle of the counts, the Bouju bridge was for a long time the most important bridge in the city. It owes its name to a local family who lived in Chartres in the second half of the 18th century. Houses built on its sides did not facilitate the passage of travelers. The last one disappeared in 1871. But rue du Bourg (formerly rue du Bourg-du-Château), which follows the bridge, has preserved most of its old half-timbered houses. source: chartres.fr