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This church in Meslay-Le-Vidame, whose architecture reflects the formal language of antiquity, was dedicated to the patron saint of Saint Etienne. He was one of the first seven deacons of the original Jerusalem church and, according to the biblical accounts in the New Testament, the first martyr (martyr) of early Christianity. The church commemorates his death on Boxing Day, December 26th. As the Acts of the Apostles recounts: When Stephen recounted his vision of the open heavens, "And he, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God" (Chapter 7, Verse 55), the people were so outraged that they drove him out of the city and stoned him.

The Notre-Dame de Poupry Church, located in the southern Eure-et-Loir region, in the heart of Beauce, is a 12th-century building, predominantly Romanesque in style, incorporating some Gothic elements such as ribbed vaults. Several phases of work have allowed the building to be maintained: work on the roof and framework, restoration of the exterior plasterwork, work in the sacristy, restoration and lighting of stained-glass windows discovered on the site. Today, further work is needed: masonry, carpentry, and restoration of the Stations of the Cross. A fundraising campaign is underway to fund the work. Your support is essential to the preservation of this precious heritage. With its saddleback bell tower, Notre-Dame de Poupry sits in a green setting and borders a large square in the center of this small Beauce village of about a hundred inhabitants. First named Saint Sulpice, it became Notre-Dame de Poupry. Modest in appearance, the single nave is enlarged by two chapels. The furnishings date mainly from the 18th century. There are baptismal fonts with two gadrooned basins. Only one painting is exhibited in this church: "Saint Cecilia and the Angel with the Music Sheet," painted by Jules Vignon in 1872. Like many others, this church was endowed with this painting after the revolutionary turmoil. It was also the subject of a last-chance operation during a previous restoration supported by the Heritage Foundation.

The Henri Ey Hospital Center is a departmental public health establishment, specialized in psychiatry, which provides a mission of prevention and reception, care, aftercare and reintegration in mental health in Eure-et-Loir. It provides care in adult, child and adolescent psychiatry, as well as a medico-social activity in the field of geriatrics and psychological and mental disabilities.

The Saint-André church burned down in the middle of the 19th century. The priest, forced to celebrate mass in a barn, opened a subscription in 1864, the church was rebuilt in 1865, according to the original plan, plus a transept. Bell tower-porch.

The Sainte Christine church represents a heritage of the rural and religious world characteristic of Beauce, the "breadbasket" of France since the Middle Ages. The Romanesque nave dates from the 12th century and was given a bell tower in the 18th century. The spire then peaked at 28 meters high, visible from afar from the surrounding countryside. In 1835, a hurricane damaged the roof of the bell tower. In 1893, lightning ignited the spire which burned almost entirely. The traces are still visible today. It would take almost 25 years for the church to regain its bell tower, reduced by half to 17 meters in height. The heritage to be restored is in line with the many religious buildings in this area such as the Saint Sébastien church in Baignolet, listed as a Historic Monument.

The Saint-Martin church dates from the 11th century. It was ravaged and burned by the Protestants, then restored at the end of the 16th century. It still retains remains of the Romanesque style, particularly in the nave which was rebuilt on the same plan, with stones and other debris from the fire.

After an unrealized project by the architect Plisson in 1861, church built in 1866, based on plans by Ricard, diocesan architect; with reuse of the previous 13th century building (bell tower)

Bonneval, nicknamed the little Venice of Beauce