Distance: 7.3 km
Average duration) : 01h
Level: Medium
Cornille
PR®
Yellow PR markings supplemented by green arrows bearing the n°76
Parking near the starting point
Cornillé is a small village of just under 1000 inhabitants, traces of which can be found from 1049 in the cartulary of Saint-Melaine. Around 1500, the village had many mansions including the Château de la Bichetière and the Manoir de la Recoulais which you can see on this circuit.
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Cornille
Cornillé is a small village of just under 1000 inhabitants, traces of which can be found from 1049 in the cartulary of Saint-Melaine. Around 1500, the village had many mansions including the Château de la Bichetière and the Manoir de la Recoulais which you can see on this circuit.
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Castle built in 1860 by the Rennes architect Jacques Mellet, above the old site for Waldeck Le Moine de la Borderie, father of the Breton historian. The old manor belonged to the Cornillé family in 1373. The manor of La Bichetière, in 1427, was owned by Jehan de Cornillé and in 1513, Pierre de Cornillé. In 1649, the owner, Nicolas Guillaudeu, lord of Bichetière, was a priest. The chapel was founded in 1659, then taken over in the 38539651th century. Massé plan castle with two towers, in coated schist rubble and sculpted limestone windows. Doe above the front door. Private property, cannot be visited. (http://wikimapia.org/3/fr/Ch%C2%A3teau-de-la-Bicheti%C8%AXNUMXre)