Notre-Dame Church – Chapelle de Longuenoe loop from La Ferrière-aux-Étangs

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38.6km

260m

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Moderate road ride. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Notre-Dame Church

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There was already a church in Bellou-en-Houlme in 1053, when the building was donated by Guillaume de la Ferté-Macé to the Abbey of Saint-Julien in Tours. The bell tower-porch appears to be of Romanesque origin, having been built in the 11th century and then remodeled in the 12th century. Several architectural elements bear witness to this: "the semicircular arches, the small round interior door above the gallery, the narrow openings of the bell tower, the modillions bordering the dripstone" recall the 11th century, while "the pointed arches which are inscribed in the semicircular arches and especially the underside of the tower where the tore-shaped arcades intersect, each ending in a abacus" (Le Pays Bas-Normand, 1962 n°2) show that the tower was modified at the end of the 12th century. The rest of the building was largely transformed during the first half of the 18th century, as indicated by the date 1718 inscribed on the lintel of the door of the south arm of the transept and that of 1749, inscribed on the lintel of one of the south bays of the chevet. The church was originally surrounded by a cemetery, transferred outside the town in 1840.

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Chapelle de Longuenoe

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The Longuenoe Chapel was built at the turn of the century thanks to the generosity of the faithful and the work of Abbots Bisset and Grandguillot.
It was blessed in 1914 by the Bishop of Séez, after a procession from the village where, for the circumstance, birches and garlands adorned the road to the chapel. Afterwards, she went on many pilgrimages.
source: chapelledelonguenoe.com

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Grand-Hazé Marsh Observatory

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From here you have a beautiful view of the Marais du Grand-Hazé, the largest marshy area in the Orne. It is labeled Sensitive Natural Space and can be visited on foot via a 7 km signposted loop.

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