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Sainte-Suzanne stream – Saint John the Baptist Church loop from Authon-du-Perche
RoutesRoad cycling routesFranceCentre-Val de LoireNogent-Le-RotrouAuthon-Du-Perche
Sainte-Suzanne stream – Saint John the Baptist Church loop from Authon-du-Perche
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Sainte-Suzanne stream – Saint John the Baptist Church loop from Authon-du-Perche
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50.5km
200m
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Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: May 9, 2026
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302 m
Saint-André Church of Saintigny
Highlight • Religious Site
the Saint-André church dates from the 11th century; it was a priory then dependent on the abbey of St.-Calais, but the current building was completely rebuilt around the walls and framework of the old building. The project was carried out in 1877. The construction of a transept, enlarged windows and a stone bell tower completely modified the old monument. The environment has also changed a lot. All traces of the old cemetery, transferred outside the village at the beginning of the 18th century, have disappeared. The furniture includes a stone baptistery, a statue of the Virgin and Child, a confessional and a Louis XV period bench. The beautiful wooden tabernacle decorated with a statue of Saint Lubin comes from the church which was located a few kilometers away, in Saint-Lubin-des-Cinq-Fonts, and of which only the choir, which has become a chapel, remains today. .
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Bois de la Salle
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3.76 km
Saint John the Baptist Church of Charbonnières
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Saint John the Baptist is considered the pivotal figure of the Bible, between the Old and New Testaments: the last of the Prophets, he is the precursor of Christ, the messenger who announces Him... His mother - Elizabeth, is related to Mary and both women meet while they are both expecting their son. We can only refer to the Gospel of Luke (1, 39-45) which powerfully depicts this touching scene, and which the Church has celebrated every year since the 13th century under the name of Visitation (May 31). Jean, as an adult, will lead the harsh life of an ascetic in the desert. He preaches, teaches prayer and proposes a baptism of conversion, while announcing the coming of “one more powerful than he… who will no longer baptize only in water, but in the Holy Spirit…” He himself will baptize Jesus.
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3.81 km
Sainte-Suzanne stream
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From its source to its confluence with the Ozanne, the Sainte-Suzanne covers 19.2 km and crosses 5 communes. From upstream to downstream:
Authon-du-Perche;
Beaumont-les-Autels;
Coal pits;
Les Altars-Villevillon;
A glass.
Authon-du-Perche;
Beaumont-les-Autels;
Coal pits;
Les Altars-Villevillon;
A glass.
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9.59 km
Notre-Dame Church
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Built in stone in the 11th century, this small church is considered one of the oldest in Perche. Romanesque windows, frescoes and medieval frames tell its long history. It is the place of a pilgrimage to Saint-Fiacre. Remarkable interior decor, wall paintings.
The church is located in a small cemetery, near a shady pond. The bare architecture of the church recalls its ancient origin. Built after 1059, on the remains of a primitive church, you can still observe the Romanesque windows blocked during the construction of the new 15th century flamboyant style windows. The very beautiful framework is then installed, then the Renaissance basket-handle portal. The fresco represents “The Tale of the Three Dead and the Three Living”, a theme widespread in the 15th century, following the great epidemics. Other paintings have just been discovered. The church contains a set of polychrome wooden statues and 17th century furniture. The statue of Saint Fiacre is the subject of a pilgrimage every year, on the Sunday closest to August 30.
The church is located in a small cemetery, near a shady pond. The bare architecture of the church recalls its ancient origin. Built after 1059, on the remains of a primitive church, you can still observe the Romanesque windows blocked during the construction of the new 15th century flamboyant style windows. The very beautiful framework is then installed, then the Renaissance basket-handle portal. The fresco represents “The Tale of the Three Dead and the Three Living”, a theme widespread in the 15th century, following the great epidemics. Other paintings have just been discovered. The church contains a set of polychrome wooden statues and 17th century furniture. The statue of Saint Fiacre is the subject of a pilgrimage every year, on the Sunday closest to August 30.
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23.2 km
Saint Lubin Church
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The Saint-Lubin church, built on a sloping site, is a vast building with juxtaposed constructions, bearing witness to renovations and additions up to the 19th century, the oldest distinguished by the presence of grison, the most recent by limestone and flint.
The sanctuary was ceded in 1077 by the monks of Saint-Denis de Nogent-le-Rotrou to the monks of the Saint-Père de Chartres abbey.
Built in the 11th-12th century, the nave extended by a semi-circular apse is the oldest part of the church, in Romanesque style. In the thickness of the north walls of the nave are still visible the grison bonds which bear witness to the original openings.
The building was considerably enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries by the construction of a large transept, formed of two chapels, and a south aisle forming an alignment of gables attached to the slopes decorated with leafy motifs and finished with chimeras.
The construction of the north aisle, just begun, was not finished. On the outside, on the west wall of the chapel, we can see the beginning of a first bay (stone arch and walls removed that remained unfinished).
On the gable of the north transept, the walled door can be seen from the pointed arch and the ornate pinnacles, characteristic of the end of the 15th century. In the center, two animals present a coat of arms. On each side of the door, niches with canopies once housed statues. Above, we can still see a coat of arms presented by two bearded figures and probably surmounted by God the Father.
According to local tradition, all or part of the extensions were due to the generosity of Florimont Robertet, who owned the barony of Brou from 1509 until his death in 1527, and it was because of this that the work was interrupted.
Occupied by the revolutionaries, the building became a ten-day temple in 1794; it was finally returned to worship in 1802.
Burnt down by lightning in 1813, the upper part of the bell tower, which was a slender spire, was replaced by the construction of a square limestone tower pierced with louvers. On the southern part of the bell tower, a turret provides access to the bells.
In the southern part of the nave, a door, now blocked and highlighted by a basket-handle arch topped with a pinnacle, provided access to the cemetery that once surrounded the church.
The building can boast of having preserved very uniform oak furniture, most of which was made in the second half of the 18th century.
The sanctuary was ceded in 1077 by the monks of Saint-Denis de Nogent-le-Rotrou to the monks of the Saint-Père de Chartres abbey.
Built in the 11th-12th century, the nave extended by a semi-circular apse is the oldest part of the church, in Romanesque style. In the thickness of the north walls of the nave are still visible the grison bonds which bear witness to the original openings.
The building was considerably enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries by the construction of a large transept, formed of two chapels, and a south aisle forming an alignment of gables attached to the slopes decorated with leafy motifs and finished with chimeras.
The construction of the north aisle, just begun, was not finished. On the outside, on the west wall of the chapel, we can see the beginning of a first bay (stone arch and walls removed that remained unfinished).
On the gable of the north transept, the walled door can be seen from the pointed arch and the ornate pinnacles, characteristic of the end of the 15th century. In the center, two animals present a coat of arms. On each side of the door, niches with canopies once housed statues. Above, we can still see a coat of arms presented by two bearded figures and probably surmounted by God the Father.
According to local tradition, all or part of the extensions were due to the generosity of Florimont Robertet, who owned the barony of Brou from 1509 until his death in 1527, and it was because of this that the work was interrupted.
Occupied by the revolutionaries, the building became a ten-day temple in 1794; it was finally returned to worship in 1802.
Burnt down by lightning in 1813, the upper part of the bell tower, which was a slender spire, was replaced by the construction of a square limestone tower pierced with louvers. On the southern part of the bell tower, a turret provides access to the bells.
In the southern part of the nave, a door, now blocked and highlighted by a basket-handle arch topped with a pinnacle, provided access to the cemetery that once surrounded the church.
The building can boast of having preserved very uniform oak furniture, most of which was made in the second half of the 18th century.
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23.6 km
Brou
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35.7 km
Notre-Dame Church
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Between 1030 and 1046, a charter mentions the donation by a lady Berthe and her children to the Saint-Père abbey of Chartres, of the estate and the church of Chapelle-Royale.
Part of the western facade of the Notre-Dame church and the eaves walls pierced with tiny Romanesque windows appear to date back to this foundation. Towards the end of the 15th century, between 1460 and 1500, four large windows with flamboyant tracery were opened in the choir; the glass windows, which dated from the 17th century, have disappeared with the exception of a medallion representing Christ on the cross with the Virgin and a holy woman at his feet.
The building is a simple rectangle measuring 28 m by 10 m, covered with a wooden vault with tie beams; the entrance closest to the altar is fluted and has devouring monsters at its ends. In the north wall opened a door with a lowered arch, decorated with sculptures (cherubs and flowers), which was walled up. A small niche, made in the pillar next to this door, once housed a statue of Saint Blaise.
On the roof of the nave rises the octagonal spire of the bell tower, made of wood covered with slate.
The Safeguarding of French Art contributed in 1992 for 10,000 F to the repair of the roof damaged by a storm.
Part of the western facade of the Notre-Dame church and the eaves walls pierced with tiny Romanesque windows appear to date back to this foundation. Towards the end of the 15th century, between 1460 and 1500, four large windows with flamboyant tracery were opened in the choir; the glass windows, which dated from the 17th century, have disappeared with the exception of a medallion representing Christ on the cross with the Virgin and a holy woman at his feet.
The building is a simple rectangle measuring 28 m by 10 m, covered with a wooden vault with tie beams; the entrance closest to the altar is fluted and has devouring monsters at its ends. In the north wall opened a door with a lowered arch, decorated with sculptures (cherubs and flowers), which was walled up. A small niche, made in the pillar next to this door, once housed a statue of Saint Blaise.
On the roof of the nave rises the octagonal spire of the bell tower, made of wood covered with slate.
The Safeguarding of French Art contributed in 1992 for 10,000 F to the repair of the roof damaged by a storm.
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40.9 km
Saint John the Baptist Church
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This 13th, 15th and 16th century church does not have a transept. It has a central shingled nave with aisles. The choir ends with a polygonal apse. The apse is decorated with glass roofs dating from 1541 representing various scenes from the Passion.
These 16th century stained glass windows (bays 1 to 4) have been partially classified as historic monuments since 1908. Bays 1 and 2 were restored in the 17th century thanks to the Bourbon-Conti family, lords of Bazoche-Gouet from 1676 in 1719, the 4 in the 19th century, then in 1974, by Michel Petit, master glassmaker whose workshop is located in Thivars in Eure-et-Loir.
Outside the choir, the stained glass windows are from the 19th century, made by two renowned master glassmakers, the Lorin workshops in Chartres and the Carmel stained glass factory in Le Mans, the first in a neo-Romanesque style, the second approaching the neo-Romanesque style. Gothic.
These 16th century stained glass windows (bays 1 to 4) have been partially classified as historic monuments since 1908. Bays 1 and 2 were restored in the 17th century thanks to the Bourbon-Conti family, lords of Bazoche-Gouet from 1676 in 1719, the 4 in the 19th century, then in 1974, by Michel Petit, master glassmaker whose workshop is located in Thivars in Eure-et-Loir.
Outside the choir, the stained glass windows are from the 19th century, made by two renowned master glassmakers, the Lorin workshops in Chartres and the Carmel stained glass factory in Le Mans, the first in a neo-Romanesque style, the second approaching the neo-Romanesque style. Gothic.
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