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Château de Châtenet Ruins – Pisany Market Halls loop from Le Chay
RoutesRoad cycling routesFranceNew AquitaineSaintesLe Chay
Château de Châtenet Ruins – Pisany Market Halls loop from Le Chay
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Château de Châtenet Ruins – Pisany Market Halls loop from Le Chay
02:02
50.9km
190m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 20, 2026
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Saint Martin's Church
Highlight • Religious Site
No information appears on the WEB concerning the history of this church.
According to the elders of the town, this church dates from the 12th century.
According to the deliberations of the municipal council of the commune:
- the church was rebuilt over the period from 1800 to 1847 following a fire.
- the sacristy was enlarged in 1864
The church contains magnificent wooden statues and is adorned with multicolored stained glass windows with geometric shapes.
According to the elders of the town, this church dates from the 12th century.
According to the deliberations of the municipal council of the commune:
- the church was rebuilt over the period from 1800 to 1847 following a fire.
- the sacristy was enlarged in 1864
The church contains magnificent wooden statues and is adorned with multicolored stained glass windows with geometric shapes.
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3.92 km
Notre-Dame Church of Corme-Écluse
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Upon arriving in Corme-Écluse, it's only natural to stop at the church square, the heart of the Cormillon village. On this square, facing the town hall, stands the Church of Notre-Dame. Walk around it to admire the architectural details characteristic of the 12th-century Saintonge Romanesque style.
The church was the seat of a former Benedictine priory of the Abbey of the Ladies of Saintes. The sculpted decoration of the Abbey of the Ladies certainly inspired that of the church of Corme-Écluse. This was often the case; mother abbeys were taken as examples by the priories that depended on them in terms of architecture and sculpture. In some cases, it is even assumed that the sponsors, artists, or craftsmen were the same people or at least from the same circle, sometimes descendants. Since the 13th century, the monument has been the destination of numerous pilgrimages that continue to this day. The pilgrimage takes place on the third Sunday of July in the convent gardens, followed by a procession to the Church of Our Lady.
The church was the seat of a former Benedictine priory of the Abbey of the Ladies of Saintes. The sculpted decoration of the Abbey of the Ladies certainly inspired that of the church of Corme-Écluse. This was often the case; mother abbeys were taken as examples by the priories that depended on them in terms of architecture and sculpture. In some cases, it is even assumed that the sponsors, artists, or craftsmen were the same people or at least from the same circle, sometimes descendants. Since the 13th century, the monument has been the destination of numerous pilgrimages that continue to this day. The pilgrimage takes place on the third Sunday of July in the convent gardens, followed by a procession to the Church of Our Lady.
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23.2 km
Château de Châtenet Ruins
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31.2 km
Pisany Market Halls
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These medieval halls were rebuilt in the 16th century by Jean de Vivonne, 1st Marquis of Pisany. they are places of markets and festivals. In hot weather, a tap hides at the foot of one of its poles
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31.2 km
Saint-Léonard Church
Highlight • Religious Site
No forecourt on the front, no passage on the sides, no access to the rear, only the bell tower protrudes from the other roofs and makes it possible to locate the church ..... rarely does a religious building have been both cashed in and hidden between the houses of his village.
So no exterior splendor for this church that could encourage the traveler to stop and visit it ....... and yet the interior, although very simple, is very warm and very bright, with white walls where the tiling, the furniture, the altar, the statues, the paintings and the stained-glass windows stand out and are particularly highlighted.
To visit for the beauty and simplicity of the setting.
So no exterior splendor for this church that could encourage the traveler to stop and visit it ....... and yet the interior, although very simple, is very warm and very bright, with white walls where the tiling, the furniture, the altar, the statues, the paintings and the stained-glass windows stand out and are particularly highlighted.
To visit for the beauty and simplicity of the setting.
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37.1 km
Saint-Romain Church of Saint-Romain-de-Benet
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The city retains a sometimes little-known heritage: its Romanesque church, whose characteristic silhouette dominates the surroundings, is an inseparable element, as is the tower of Pirelonge, a former Gallo-Roman beacon.
This rather atypical-looking building is the result of a multitude of reconstructions spread over nearly 8 centuries. If the first stone of the sanctuary was laid in the 12th century (the groups of columns bear carved capitals of 12th century invoice), this one will be very damaged following a fire, which occurred at the end of the Middle Ages during the Wars of Religion. Rebuilt economically, it was decided, around the 17th century, to restore it.
Ransacked in 1793, victim of revolutionary looting, the church remained under construction for a large part of the 19th century, when the vaults of the choir were replaced in 1830, before the Romanesque bell tower was raised, then in 1843 its apse and finally, in 1883, its facade was rebuilt in imitation of the Romanesque style (this one is pierced with an oculus, surmounting a portal with 4 archivolts resting on columns with capitals).
The characteristic/original element of this church is its line of cupolas, built in 1901 and left visible. Built in cement, they give the building a false oriental air. The sanctuary, which must originally have been in the shape of a Latin cross, has retained from its original structure only a nave made up of four bays, extended by a choir in a cul-de-four, which is pierced with seven bays. . 8 half-columns, distributed along the apse, serve as buttresses. The square bell tower rises on a spherical dome with pendentives; it retains a series of Romanesque arches in its lower part and is pierced with three thin openings in its upper part, according to a layout found in the church of Berneuil, a few dozen kilometers away.
The interior retains furniture dating mainly from the 19th century.
Several plaster statues, of rather naive invoice, are visible in the nave: they notably represent Saint Michael and Joan of Arc. The apse, cul-de-four, is decorated with murals representing a Christ in Majesty. At the entrance to the nave, on the left side, a capital dating from the 12th century has plant motifs. We will appreciate the majesty of the domes on pendentives, some of the capitals and the diagonal arrangement of the two altars between the nave and the heart.
Church open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Tel. 05-46-22-53-34
This rather atypical-looking building is the result of a multitude of reconstructions spread over nearly 8 centuries. If the first stone of the sanctuary was laid in the 12th century (the groups of columns bear carved capitals of 12th century invoice), this one will be very damaged following a fire, which occurred at the end of the Middle Ages during the Wars of Religion. Rebuilt economically, it was decided, around the 17th century, to restore it.
Ransacked in 1793, victim of revolutionary looting, the church remained under construction for a large part of the 19th century, when the vaults of the choir were replaced in 1830, before the Romanesque bell tower was raised, then in 1843 its apse and finally, in 1883, its facade was rebuilt in imitation of the Romanesque style (this one is pierced with an oculus, surmounting a portal with 4 archivolts resting on columns with capitals).
The characteristic/original element of this church is its line of cupolas, built in 1901 and left visible. Built in cement, they give the building a false oriental air. The sanctuary, which must originally have been in the shape of a Latin cross, has retained from its original structure only a nave made up of four bays, extended by a choir in a cul-de-four, which is pierced with seven bays. . 8 half-columns, distributed along the apse, serve as buttresses. The square bell tower rises on a spherical dome with pendentives; it retains a series of Romanesque arches in its lower part and is pierced with three thin openings in its upper part, according to a layout found in the church of Berneuil, a few dozen kilometers away.
The interior retains furniture dating mainly from the 19th century.
Several plaster statues, of rather naive invoice, are visible in the nave: they notably represent Saint Michael and Joan of Arc. The apse, cul-de-four, is decorated with murals representing a Christ in Majesty. At the entrance to the nave, on the left side, a capital dating from the 12th century has plant motifs. We will appreciate the majesty of the domes on pendentives, some of the capitals and the diagonal arrangement of the two altars between the nave and the heart.
Church open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Tel. 05-46-22-53-34
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50.9 km
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50.8 km
101 m
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46.3 km
4.57 km
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