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Le Château des Archevêques - (behind the church, rue des Douves).
Rebuilt ca. 1470. The lordly chapel was integrated into the church. To the left of the church’s chevet, a lintel with the coat of arms of the archbishop Hélie de Bourdeille, who died here in 1484. Further to the left, the old square wash house supplied with water from a spring.
Saint-Maurice church
11th-century nave, 12th-century central church tower, facade rebuilt in the 19th century. Antique bell from 1754, Dutch school stained-glass windows, coat of arms of a 16th-century archbishop.
Ancient manor of Turbellière (on the Villeperdue road from Pont-de-Ruan)
Hexagonal pigeon house evoked by Balzac, 16th-century half-timbered house at Gaucher-de-Sainte-Marthe, mentioned by Rabelais in his Picrocole.
The Grand Moulin, or Great Mill.
Mill wheel taken out of service in 1988. Gabled bas-relief (hemp and flax). Washing-place.
The so-called "Moulins de Balzac," or Balzac’s Mills (at the beginning of the Pont-de-Ruan, to the left of the bridge)
First cited in 1285, evoked by the author in "The Lily of the Valley." To the left, the Potard mill, taken out of service in 1961; to the right, the Clausset mill, long overflow canal dating from 1852.
The ancient fortified Robinières farm
Deux tours, une chapelle, un bâtiment du XVIème siècle.
The so-called "Noyer de Balzac," or Balzac’s Walnut Tree
The "real" walnut tree, no longer extant, was located 50 m from this one along the Balan-Miré road
