The best gravel rides around Saint-Fulgent

19th century church whose unfinished bell tower was topped with a slate spire which clashes a little - a lot - with the rest of the monument.

A truly unusual place, worth the detour.

A vast network of beautiful trails in a dense forest. There's plenty to enjoy.

It was here, in wooden huts, that the civilian population fled General Turreau's infernal columns. From the road, you can't see much, but the visit seems interesting. A pretty pond is nearby with picnic tables and a small bar serving drinks and ice cream.

Splendid windmill located near the Sanctuary of La Salette. Built in 1830.

As part of Heritage Days, Isabelle Favre, owner of the La Roche Thévenin estate, opened her property to the public. She allowed visitors to discover both the exterior and interior of her residence. "Traces of this ancient 5,000-hectare barony can be found as early as 1411," explains Isabelle Favre. This fiefdom was then called La Roche Brisard, after its former lords. It was in 1515 that it became the property of the Thévenins, one of the most notable and oldest families in the Barony of Montaigu. Nine generations of Thévenins have succeeded one another. The Château de La Roche Thévenin burned during the Revolution. The plane trees, cedars, and magnolias date from that time, in 1887, when the Abbot of Meslay purchased this house for sick priests. Another owner of the property is the sculptor Grootaers, who is responsible for the fountain in the Place Royale in Nantes and some of his sculptures, which led to the estate being listed as a Historic Monument. Isabelle Favre and her husband purchased this property in 1984. But their love at first sight quickly turned into a nightmare: the building, hidden by lush vegetation, required extensive renovations. Twenty-eight years of work revealed, beneath the cement slabs, terracotta mosaics, a granite staircase with arrow slits, the Thévenin coat of arms on a doorframe, and a Stations of the Cross hidden in a chapel converted into a hayloft.

Bultière Lake is an artificial reservoir. The Bultière Dam was built in 1994. It is located in the commune of Chavagne en paillers. It supplies the drinking water network. Its surface area is 72 hectares and contains 5.2 million cubic meters of water. It is possible to walk around the lake via a 15-km trail. This lake, with its exceptionally rich fish population, awaits you with almost every type of fish (perch, pike, zander, catfish, carp, roach, bream, tench, etc.). You can go predator fishing from the shore or from a boat to catch zander, pike, and catfish. It is, of course, possible to still fish for roach, bleak, or bream. Carp are also present in this lake. A night carp fishing route located on the right bank in the Maurosière sector will delight those who love a good catch.

The church of Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu, in Vendée, Pays de la Loire, is part of the parish of Saint Martin de Montaigu in the deanery of Montaigu in the diocese of Luçon. In many regions, Saint George is considered the patron saint of knights, particularly thanks to the legend recounting his miraculous intervention in Antioch during the First Crusade. June 15, 2012