Distance: 36 km
Guerche-de-Bretagne
Bike-rides
Punctually with circuit number 9
This hilly circuit crosses the Guerchais country, located on the Breton border. Several variants allow you to compose your route as you wish. On the program: historical heritage, including churches protected as Historic Monuments, small peaceful rural towns and their lake or river, such as Drouges or Domalain, the site of Carcraon, a paradise for fishermen...
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Guerche-de-Bretagne
This hilly circuit crosses the Guerchais country, located on the Breton border. Several variants allow you to compose your route as you wish. On the program: historical heritage, including churches protected as Historic Monuments, small peaceful rural towns and their lake or river, such as Drouges or Domalain, the site of Carcraon, a paradise for fishermen...
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La Guerche is a medieval town with a rich heritage, highlighted by 23 illustrated panels: old collegiate church protected as Historic Monuments (MH), remains of the castle, houses with porches and half-timbered facades... An important market has been held every Tuesday since 1121. The Henri Lassourd public garden is ideal for a nature break.
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The Romanesque church of St-Crépin St-Crépinien (MH) retains beautiful remains from the 12th century. History to discover on mobile (code to flash on the panel "circuit of the golden legend" located place of the church).
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Robert d'Arbrissel was born in Arbrissel in the middle of the 11th century. In 1101, he founded the famous Abbey of Fontevrault (49), which included a monastery for women and another for men, the first having supremacy over the second. The memory of this foundation is still preserved in Arbrissel by the custom of calling “Robert” the men who are not masters in their household. The 12th century church retains a wooden statue of Robert d'Arbrissel.
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Visseiche is on the route of the Roman road from Rennes to Angers. The village was then called Sipia and was one of the two ancient stations on the route. It appears on the Table of Peutinger (1st road map of Europe). The name of the town comes from "Vicus Sipia" which means "The village on the Cuttlefish". The Church of Saint Pierre (MH) retains vestiges of the Romanesque period.
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Located in the municipalities of Domalain and Moutiers, the body of water extends over approximately 4 km in length and its surface area is around 90 ha. It is crossed by the "Seiche" stream. The main activity is fishing, characterized by numerous huts on the downstream part of the pond.
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Moutiers comes from the Latin name Monasterium, in connection with a disappeared monastery. St Martin's Church (MH) dates from the end of the 15th beginning of the 16th century and has interesting interior furnishings. On the road to La Guerche, you can enjoy a picnic area near the river La Seiche