Attractions and Places To See around La Ferté-Beauharnais - Top 6

La Marolle-en-Sologne is a charming village in Sologne, located at the gates of the Loire Valley châteaux and only 15 kilometers from Center Parcs. A calm and tranquil commune that will reveal itself as you stroll along the Giraudière circuit. La Marolle-en-Sologne is a typical Sologne village with its landscapes of forest, ponds, and scattered habitat. The Giraudière circuit will take you, through woods, to the village of Villeny, along the ponds of Trevauchon, La Courtilière, and La Giraudière. You will pass near the Château de La Giraudière, dating from the end of the 18th century. In Villeny, you can admire the brick and wood houses as well as the deer house. You will return towards La Marolle-en-Sologne by taking the GR de Pays de Sologne. In the village, discover the small Saint-Pierre church. It consists of a 12th-century nave with flat buttresses, later reinforced with brick buttresses, which communicates through a pointed arch with a 16th-century choir with a flat apse.

The view from this castle is well worth the effort; the stretch is... long.

The Giraudière circuit will take you, through woods, to the village of Villeny, skirting the Trevauchon, La Courtilière and Giraudière ponds. You will pass near the Château de La Giraudière, dating from the late 18th century.

It's a beautiful castle, that's true, but in a state of disrepair...

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Stephen, belonged in the 13th century to the Abbey of Micy near Orléans. It was rebuilt at the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th centuries. It consists of a long nave, 35 meters in length and over 9 meters wide, ending in a three-sided apse. Its walls, built of rubble and rendered brick, are reinforced by dressed stone buttresses. The cornice at the base of the roof and the window and door surrounds are also made of molded dressed stone. The double-lancet windows with trefoil topped by a figure-eight shaped bilobe are identical, except for those on the west facade and the central window, which are more elaborate, featuring three lancets while retaining the same molding. An addition was made at the beginning of the 16th century. On the north side stands an imposing seigneurial chapel and a massive bell tower with eight flat buttresses, two on each face, all built of brick. Ashlar is reserved for the buttresses of the bell tower and alternates with brick in the buttresses of the chapel; it is used for framing the openings, the windows, and the sloping sides of the chapel's gable. A lozenge-shaped decoration of black bricks on a background of pink bricks has been preserved on the lower level and on part of the gable of this chapel. The chapel was the only vaulted part of the church, undoubtedly financed by Jean or Claude d'Estampes, lord of La Ferté-Nabert. The rest of the building was covered by a panelled vault, the replacement of which with a false ribbed vault of plaster resulted in the disappearance of the tie beams and king posts and ruined the structural integrity of the roof frame. This artificial, cold, and superficial decoration of the upper sections deprives the interior of the interplay of tie beams and king posts. These, in their rhythm, corresponded to the lateral openings and reflected the robust structure of the timber frame that protected the building. A comprehensive restoration is planned. Initially, for the north chapel—masonry, roofing, and timber frame—the French Heritage Society (Sauvegarde de l’Art français) provided €30,490 in 2001.

Sologne is known for its numerous ponds, which were built since the Middle Ages to supply the population with fish but were also the origin of numerous diseases in the region after the 16th century, notably malaria, until the invention of quinine.

Beautiful church in the heart of Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, on a pretty well maintained square. The houses around the square are also worth a look.

shooting location of the movie "L 'ECOLE BUISSONIERE"