Interpretive trail "the double life of the hillside"

Name: Interpretive trail "the double life of the hillside"
Start: 2022-09-17T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Germain

Saturday 17 September 2022, 09:00Passed

Conditions

Departure at the foot of the church, free marked route (5km), free visit of the church Saint Germain

Stéphanie Riocreux

Rendezvous in front of the church of Saint-Germain. After discovering the particular history of the church, start a beautiful walk in the heart of the vineyard (5km) to discover the double life of the hillside. Here the basement holds many surprises, the houses, vineyard lodges, churches, castles are built with the very material of the hillside, the tufa stone. Over the centuries these underground quarries have housed a real "civilization", this trail invites you to explore the amazing testimonies illustrated on the panels unveiled along this marked path.

About the location

Église Saint-Germain

Le Bourg, 37140 Benais

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

Church listed(classified) in conformance with(for) "Historic monuments" since 1991, built in the XIIth century and from which there does not remain(subsist) more than the bell tower of this time(period), restored in 2012\. The Chorus(Choir), altered in XIII ème century, is covered with vault said "from Anjou " or "Plantagenêt". The manorial chapel was altered at the end of the XVth century and the nave collapsed in 1916 was replaced with a room squared in 1921\. To discover: a retable of the XVIIth century in polychrome and golden tufa and stalls dating the XIIth century of oak wood.