Pont Aristide-Briand – On the Pont Vieux in Laval 🌉✨ loop from Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne

Pont Aristide-Briand – On the Pont Vieux in Laval 🌉✨ loop from Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne

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Pont Aristide-Briand – On the Pont Vieux in Laval 🌉✨ loop from Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne

05:40

124km

1,050m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. 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 25, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 81.6 km for 102 m

After 83.7 km for 171 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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23.1 km

Le bois

Forest

72.3 km

Bois de Brunard

Forest

77.9 km

The Herb Garden

Highlight • Natural

81.6 km

La Mayenne

Lake

82.0 km

Best view of Laval Castle: The Pont Aristide-Briand, formerly Pont Neuf, spans the Mayenne. It dates from the early 19th century and is the second oldest bridge in the city after the Pont Vieux. A unique illumination can be experienced here at Christmas time.

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82.5 km

View of the Vieux Château de Laval

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On the Old Bridge of Laval, one is captivated by the medieval castle which sits over the city, in particular by this "Tour-Maîtresse", a jewel of medieval architecture.

Anecdote at the origin of this bridge: Guy I of Laval, Lord of Laval in 1020 spanned the Mayenne at the foot of his castle. But he fell with his mount and, seeing himself lost, commended himself to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Brought back mysteriously to the shore, he was making a prayer of gratitude when, in the branches of an oak tree, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him. He built a chapel, called Notre-Dame d'Avesnières, and a monastery of nuns where his daughters entered.

Pilgrims flocked there and the chapel, enlarged several times, gave way to a basilica completed by Count Guy V de Laval, great-grandson of the founder.

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82.5 km

On the Pont Vieux in Laval 🌉✨

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The "Pont Vieux" makes it possible to cross the Mayenne to Laval. It dates from the 12th century, until the construction of the Pont Aristide-Briand (or "Pont Neuf") at the beginning of the 19th century, it is the only bridge in Laval.
Listed as a Historic Monument since 1926, it was originally called "Pont Saint-Julien". The Laval hospital chapel also had the same patron saint.

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88.6 km

Saint-Siméon Church of L'Huisserie

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Simeon is an old man from the time of Jesus Christ who was told by God that he would not die until he saw the Messiah. Imagine the anguish he had seeing himself aging day after day.
But one day, in front of the Temple of Jerusalem, he saw Mary and Joseph bringing their son Jesus, to fulfill the Law of Moses, like good practitioners. Then Simeon took the child:
"Now Lord, you may let your servant go in peace according to your word, for my eyes have seen the Savior whom you are preparing, Light to enlighten the Greeks, and Glory of your chosen people."

Simeon's canticle is also called the "Nunc Dimitis". It is sung every night before going to sleep by all the priests and all the men and women religious of the Catholic Church throughout the world.

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92.5 km

Château La Morlière 🏰🪙

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Family castle built in the 19th century, it is a place that is not very accessible.

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110 km

Catholic Church - St-Aignan de La Houssaye⛪✨🌿

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In Orleans, around 453, Saint Aignan was the bishop who, putting his trust in God alone, obtained from him, through repeated prayers and tears, that the city besieged by the Huns be delivered.

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112 km