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Saint-Denis Church – Saint Martin Church loop from Nogent-le-Rotrou
RoutesRoad cycling routesFranceCentre-Val de Loire
Saint-Denis Church – Saint Martin Church loop from Nogent-le-Rotrou
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Saint-Denis Church – Saint Martin Church loop from Nogent-le-Rotrou
02:51
69.5km
420m
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: November 6, 2026
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8.17 km
Saint-Denis Church
Highlight • Religious Site
Church built in the 12th and 16th centuries. Listed apse from the 12th century. 4-storey bell tower. Corner buttress bell with staircase turret. Renaissance portal. Large Gothic window above the portal. 16th century roof and nave. Stone statue of a bishop, 16th century paintings.
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29.7 km
Bridge over the Commeauche 🌉✨
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The Commeauche is a river in the Orne which has its source in Bubertré (north of Mortagne), and crosses the Perche Regional Natural Park. After a total of about 29 kilometers, this small stream flows into the Huisne at the limit of Boissy-Maugis and Maison-Maugis as a left tributary.
And when you're bike-packing, how happy are you to find a bridge! 😅
And when you're bike-packing, how happy are you to find a bridge! 😅
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36.0 km
Notre-Dame-de-Pitié Chapel of Longny-au-Perche
Highlight • Religious Site
Built from the 11th century around a castle, at the crossroads of two major thoroughfares, Longny-au-Perche owed its prosperity to the iron industry and trade. The city keeps the memory and presents a typical Percheron homogeneous building, of quality, crossed by three rivers and dominated by the spiers of its church and its chapel, jewel of the Renaissance.
The Notre-Dame-de-Pitié chapel is one of the most beautiful Renaissance chapels in Perche. Built at the top of an impressive flight of steps on the way out of the town, on the road which connects Longny to Mortagne, it is a high place of pilgrimage for the whole of Perche and visited by many English people.
There is a good climb there to go towards Mortagne and from the neighboring cemetery a view of the whole town of Longny.
The Notre-Dame-de-Pitié chapel is one of the most beautiful Renaissance chapels in Perche. Built at the top of an impressive flight of steps on the way out of the town, on the road which connects Longny to Mortagne, it is a high place of pilgrimage for the whole of Perche and visited by many English people.
There is a good climb there to go towards Mortagne and from the neighboring cemetery a view of the whole town of Longny.
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36.5 km
Saint Martin Church
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Near the old castle of the barons of Longny, whose ditches occupied part of the large square, the church was built at the end of the 15th century. A large tiled roof covers the nave, whose wooden vault was redone in the 19th century. in bricks and plaster, and the vaulted stone aisle with ribbed arches.
As in Armentières (see 1st page of this booklet), this church is under the patronage of Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours. From the top of the niche at the top of the large painted stone altarpiece from the 17th century, its older statue wearing the cope, the miter and the crosier addresses us its blessing. More accessible, on the right wall near the entrance, a pretty Virgin and Child, crowned and holding a scepter, with a mantle lined with ermine, discreetly reigns over this place.
The construction of the organ gallery in the 19th century. resulted in the removal of a large flamboyant style window above the porch. Lovers of religious music won't complain. Fortunately, the high bell tower has retained most of its exterior decor, remarkable for a set of statues from the first half of the 16th century, symbols of the virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Faith, Hope. Framed in the upper pediment, we see that of Saint Martin as a horseman, sharing his cloak with a poor man.
With the time of the Revolution, which transformed the church into a “Temple of the Supreme Being”, then into a saltpeter workshop, its restoration was an opportunity to buy back, at the expense of the parish factory and the brotherhood. of charity, the two secondary altars from the 18th century. placed on both sides of the choir.
They came from the old charterhouse of ValDieu, as well as the two paintings, Saint Bruno and the Adoration of the Shepherds, from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Also note, in the choir of the church, the statues of the four evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
To those who have not paid attention to it, let us leave it to them to discover the painting of Saint Anne with the Virgin. His presence today recalls the important role of Longny in the large parish of Sainte-Anne-du-Perche.
The church is open every day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
As in Armentières (see 1st page of this booklet), this church is under the patronage of Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours. From the top of the niche at the top of the large painted stone altarpiece from the 17th century, its older statue wearing the cope, the miter and the crosier addresses us its blessing. More accessible, on the right wall near the entrance, a pretty Virgin and Child, crowned and holding a scepter, with a mantle lined with ermine, discreetly reigns over this place.
The construction of the organ gallery in the 19th century. resulted in the removal of a large flamboyant style window above the porch. Lovers of religious music won't complain. Fortunately, the high bell tower has retained most of its exterior decor, remarkable for a set of statues from the first half of the 16th century, symbols of the virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Faith, Hope. Framed in the upper pediment, we see that of Saint Martin as a horseman, sharing his cloak with a poor man.
With the time of the Revolution, which transformed the church into a “Temple of the Supreme Being”, then into a saltpeter workshop, its restoration was an opportunity to buy back, at the expense of the parish factory and the brotherhood. of charity, the two secondary altars from the 18th century. placed on both sides of the choir.
They came from the old charterhouse of ValDieu, as well as the two paintings, Saint Bruno and the Adoration of the Shepherds, from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Also note, in the choir of the church, the statues of the four evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
To those who have not paid attention to it, let us leave it to them to discover the painting of Saint Anne with the Virgin. His presence today recalls the important role of Longny in the large parish of Sainte-Anne-du-Perche.
The church is open every day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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41.5 km
Saint-Germain Church of Le Mage
Highlight • Religious Site
Between Longny and Moutiers-au-Perche, the town of Mage extends along a central street lined on both sides with old houses. The village is completed by several hamlets and farms scattered throughout the countryside.
Quite eventful, its territory is divided into two very distinct parts: a mountainous and wooded part, and a cultivated part made up of various small fresh and fertile valleys, separated from each other by sandy hillsides whose nature is less suitable for cultivation. .
In the heart of the village, from the small square between the old presbytery and the church, the view extends between large trees towards the valley. You have to go down the slope below the church to admire the old Romanesque porch with arches, resting on columns whose capitals worn by time retain their interlacing decoration in places. It is the remains of a first church from the 12th century. The current building was rebuilt on the foundations, probably in the 15th century.
Inside, the eye is drawn to the altarpiece in a beautiful classic style, enhanced with colors and gilding. On the right side, matching Saint James, the statue of a bishop wearing the crosier and the miter, reminds us that The Magus is honored to have Saint Germain of Paris as his patron.
A side chapel was created in 1646 in which several lords of the neighboring castle of Feillet were buried.
The interior decoration is from the 18th century, notably thanks to the attentions of Claude-Adrien Helvétius, farmer general and lord of Voré and Feillet, but also poet and philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment.
Quite eventful, its territory is divided into two very distinct parts: a mountainous and wooded part, and a cultivated part made up of various small fresh and fertile valleys, separated from each other by sandy hillsides whose nature is less suitable for cultivation. .
In the heart of the village, from the small square between the old presbytery and the church, the view extends between large trees towards the valley. You have to go down the slope below the church to admire the old Romanesque porch with arches, resting on columns whose capitals worn by time retain their interlacing decoration in places. It is the remains of a first church from the 12th century. The current building was rebuilt on the foundations, probably in the 15th century.
Inside, the eye is drawn to the altarpiece in a beautiful classic style, enhanced with colors and gilding. On the right side, matching Saint James, the statue of a bishop wearing the crosier and the miter, reminds us that The Magus is honored to have Saint Germain of Paris as his patron.
A side chapel was created in 1646 in which several lords of the neighboring castle of Feillet were buried.
The interior decoration is from the 18th century, notably thanks to the attentions of Claude-Adrien Helvétius, farmer general and lord of Voré and Feillet, but also poet and philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment.
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46.7 km
Ascent of the Notre-Dame du Mont Harou Church
Highlight • Religious Site
You absolutely must do this small climb to be able to enjoy a magnificent panorama!
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54.3 km
Saint Peter's Church
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During the first half of the 16th century, the church was completely rebuilt in the flamboyant Gothic style on the foundations of an older building which had disappeared. The nave is finished with a three-sided apse. It is bordered by two aisles formed by the sawtooth alignments of eight chapels. A square bell tower is attached to the right near the large entrance door.
Inside, several objects are listed as Historic Monuments
We are continuing its restoration regularly: after the choir, we restored the vault of the Nave, a new phase of work will be carried out this year and will concern the right chapel.
Inside, several objects are listed as Historic Monuments
We are continuing its restoration regularly: after the choir, we restored the vault of the Nave, a new phase of work will be carried out this year and will concern the right chapel.
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68.4 km
Notre-Dame Church, Nogent-le-Rotrou
Highlight • Religious Site
The nave of Notre-Dame church dates from the 12th and 13th centuries.
Originally the chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu, built in 1182, it was then placed under the name of Saint-Jacques and only became a parish church after the Revolution, after the destruction in 1798 of the Notre-Dame church. des Marais from which it will take its name.
The church does not have a bell tower, the monks of the Saint-Denis abbey of Nogent-le-Rotrou not wanting a new bell tower to exceed theirs. The collaterals were added in the 14th and 15th centuries.
It has been classified as a historic monument since 1907 for its nave and in 1949 for the funeral chapel of Sully.
Originally the chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu, built in 1182, it was then placed under the name of Saint-Jacques and only became a parish church after the Revolution, after the destruction in 1798 of the Notre-Dame church. des Marais from which it will take its name.
The church does not have a bell tower, the monks of the Saint-Denis abbey of Nogent-le-Rotrou not wanting a new bell tower to exceed theirs. The collaterals were added in the 14th and 15th centuries.
It has been classified as a historic monument since 1907 for its nave and in 1949 for the funeral chapel of Sully.
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69.5 km
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69.4 km
139 m
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67.7 km
1.89 km
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