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ST.
PATERNE-RACAN (Château de La Roche-Racan)
Also lying in the Escotais Valley, this village is the scene of a pilgrimage in honour of St Christopher (penultimate Sunday in July).
The church is in fact composed of two separate buildings, an old 11th-14th century priory chapel and the parish church with its 16th century nave and belfry. On the threshold of the nave a gigantic St Christopher welcomes the visitor.
To the right in a recess is a reliquary bust of the saint.
To the left of the chancel, the door leading to the prior's oratory is surmounted by a fine 14th century statue of the Virgin and Child.
Two Renaissance medallions adorn the church's timber roof.
Neuvy-le-Roi
- The church, which dates from the 12th and 16th century, has a Romanesque
chancel and a nave covered with Angevin vaulting; note in the north aisle
the complex pattern of vaulting with projecting keystones (16th century),
and to the south of the chancel the elegant seigneurial chapel, also with
projecting keystones. On the outside of the north aisle there are many
lateral gable ends, a feature frequently seen in the region.