Town news of Loire-Atlantique in Pays de la Loire, Vallons-de-l'Erdre takes place about fifty kilometers from Nantes, on the banks of the Erdre, near Riaillé, or Cande Mésanger. She was born on 1 January 2018 from the merger of Bonnoeuvre, Maumusson Saint-Mars-la-Jaille, Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes and Vritz.
The territory of Vallons-de-l'Erdre had a very early human occupation, as evidenced by the Celtic settlement remains found on site. The different villages forming the new municipality are however mostly developed in the course of the Middle Ages, including the installation of monasteries. Having experienced a relatively peaceful history over the centuries, the territory has however shown with a battle between Republicans and Chouans in the late eighteenth century in Bonnoeuvre.
Today calmer, though the town continues to attract visitors with its natural charm and its architectural heritage.
Crossing Bonnoeuvre, you can discover the old priory with the foundations of the twelfth and fifteenth century or admire the manor of La Chèze founded in the fifteenth century. Fully stone and limestone, the church Saint Martin of the nineteenth century did not lack charm, just like the old water mill installed on the Erdre.
Built in the early seventeenth century, the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul Maumusson is a Romanesque building extended in the nineteenth century. It is possible to admire beautiful stained glass windows of the time, and a altarpiece of the seventeenth. Be sure to enjoy the central painting of the martyrdom of Father Bouvier, who had the wrist cut before being shot during the French Revolution. Property journalist Pierre Pean, The Lower Chapellières are still a tuff built in the seventeenth century. She notably served as hiding place for Chouans during the French Revolution. As you walk along in Maumusson, enjoy asking the look of the castle of the Mound that dates from the mid-nineteenth century and has some vestiges of its medieval origins.
Located in Saint-Mars-la-Jaille, Castle Current Ferronays dates from the eighteenth century. Sold as national property during the French Revolution, he experienced a lot of damage before being completely rebuilt in the twentieth century. The park, created in the eighteenth century, enjoys the Jardins de France label and is now registered as an historic monument. To enjoy sunny days, head of the forest with its oak several times centenary nails with its statue of the Virgin and Child known to cure boils.
Labeled Grand Heritage Loire-Atlantique, the chapel Old Village of Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes date of the beginning of the fifteenth century. Also listed building, it has incredible murals revealing scenes from the Old and New Testaments rediscovered in the nineteenth. Be sure not to appreciate the Saint-Clément chapel that is the work of an important pilgrimage since the Middle Ages or the castle of Coudray, a beautiful neo-Renaissance building with trees around.
Difficult to resist the charm of Vritz architecture, with particular Church of St. Gervais and St. Protais built in the late nineteenth century to replace a first oldest building. Nearby, one can discover an ordeal over a grotto where Catholics come to pray to the Virgin of Lourdes. Strolling through the streets, let your eyes rest on the castle of the Bouvraie, a schist building of the fifteenth century, or the mansion Ramee, in the same time, before you get to the Forges of Relay fireplace seventeenth century.
