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Half Way between Montbazon and Azay le Rideau, you have to cross the Indre to get to the village while you admire the mill.
Balzac did like to walk around this charming village which was one of the summer residences of the archbishop of Tours. It’s the bishop Grégoire of Tours who edifies the church Saint Maurice.
A century ago, the north slope of the Indre was mostly planted with wine yards, as it is shown nowadays by a number of wine houses which are still in the village… |
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> Château des Archevêques
(Behind the church in the rue des Douves)
The Archbishops' Palace was rebuilt around 1470. The seigniorial chapel was part of the church. To the left of the chevet, a carved lintel bears the arms of the archbishop Hélie de Bourdeille, who died here in 1484. Further to the left stands a square washtub fed by a spring.
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> The town
The Covered playground of the old school is dating from 1883 (painter's studio).
The Sainte-Cécile spring in the rue de la Fontaine Sainte was said to cure eye diseases.
> Eglise St-Maurice
A church which have an 11thC nave, a 12thC central bell tower, and a façade rebuilt in the 19C. There is also an old bell dating from 1754, stained glass windows by the Dutch school, and a 16thC bishop's coat of arms.
> Manoir de l’Alouette
(On the Pont-de-Ruan road)
With two corbelled turrets, this 16thC manor house was mentioned by Balzac in his novels "Le Curé de Tours" and "Les Deux Amis". On the right, the rural house known as the "bol de lait" (bowl of milk), described in "Le Médecin de Campagne", is where Balzac stayed in 1830.
> The old Manoir de la Turbellière
(On the Villeperdue road heading from Pont-de-Ruan)
Hexagonal dovecote mentioned by Balzac, and a 16thC half-timbered house in Gaucher-de-Ste-Marthe, mentioned by Rabelais in his book involving the character Picrocole.
> The ancient fortified farm des Robinières
two towers, a chapel, and a building from the 16th C. |
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