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21 and 22 SeptemberPassed
Conditions
Free participation.
September 2024
Saturday 21
10:00 - 19:00
Sunday 22
10:00 - 19:00

Commanderie Templière de Courval

3 route de Pontécoulant, Vassy, 14410 Valdallière
  • Calvados
  • Normandie

Exhibition: the paths of Mont-Saint-Michel

For the European Heritage Days, the Chemins du Mont-Saint-Michel are on display:
21 and 22 SeptemberPassed
Conditions
Free participation.
Association Les Chemins du Mont-Saint-Michel

For the European Heritage Days, the Chemins du Mont-Saint-Michel are on display:
"For centuries, thousands of pilgrims of various origins flocked to Mont-Saint-Michel, weaving a dense network of routes called the Chemin montais.
It is these ancient roads, rich in history and testimony, that the Association Les Chemins du Mont-Saint-Michel is working today to find, rehabilitate and restore to the public.
By making them accessible to different modes of hiking, the Association intends to offer all those who will follow in the footsteps of pilgrims, a new approach to the famous monument."
Saturday and Sunday:

Free visits from 10am to 7pm
3 guided tours at 11am - 3pm and 5pm

Tags
Exposition

About the location

Commanderie Templière de Courval
3 route de Pontécoulant, Vassy, 14410 Valdallière
  • Calvados
  • Normandie
The preceptory of Courval is a preceptory of Templar origin founded around 1150\. After the fall of the Templars, she returned to the Hospitallers. Until the Revolution, it was a vast agricultural estate but also a stop on the Montois road linking Rouen to Mont-Saint-Michel. Rediscovered in the 1990s, the chapel of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries was classified as Historical Monuments for its interior paintings. The manor of the sixteenth century presents the beautiful characteristics of the renaissance manors of the Virois country. Abandoned for two decades, the Commanderie has just been bought by two architecture and landscape enthusiasts who aim to revive this place important for local history and in the collective imagination.
Tags
Monument historique, Édifice religieux, Édifice rural
Access
Access is by car from the D 310 which connects Vassy to Pontécoulant. Do not hesitate to take the path to the Commanderie. Parking is available on site.