Église Saint-Rémy
Rue Saint-Rémy 28700 Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien
- Eure-et-Loir
- Centre-Val de Loire
This 11th century church is located in the hamlet of Saint-Rémy, which seems to have been the birthplace of Auneau. It was built on the site of the Saint-Maur Fountain which was from time immemorial and until the beginning of this century a place of pilgrimage where drinkers and paralytics went in crowds to implore their healing. The parish church dedicated to the Bishop of Reims was curiously a place of pilgrimage very popular in honour of Saint-Maur. The water from the fountain, which runs against the north wall of the church, was famous for curing paralytics. People came there the night before and the night of Saint John (June 24) to drink its water. The nave is extended by a stocky tower, whose lower part forms the choir, and by a semicircular apse. The aisles, 15th and 16th centuries, are attached while two chapels of uneven depth flank the tower, forming a cross. A graceful square turret rises at the southeast corner. On the western façade, the portal in pointed arch, whose arche
Tags
Monument historique, Édifice religieux
Mairie d'Auneau
