The best walks and hikes around Vallet

The modest Chapel of Saint Anne is the last vestige of the parish church of Saint Vincent. In the second half of the 11th century, the Chapel of Saint Anne was built. It adjoins the southern flank of a pre-existing castle chapel, probably contemporary with the keep, which dates from the late 10th or early 11th century. At an undetermined date, the two chapels were extended westward and became the chevet of the parish church of Saint Vincent. This extension was completed before 1646, the date at which a drawing by L. Doomer, preserved at the Dobrée Museum in Nantes, shows the complete building. In 1683, Archdeacon Binet described the dilapidated Church of Saint Vincent and the choir on the verge of ruin. No one dared touch it because it belonged to the lord of La Galissonnière and Le Pallet. We can therefore assume that the nave itself belongs to the parish, which is responsible for its upkeep. The choir, a former castle chapel, disappeared during the Revolution. The old church was razed in 1853, and only the Sainte-Anne chapel was spared thanks to the intervention of Prosper Mérimée. A new church was built on a new site in the village, reusing the stones from the old building. In addition to its dilapidated condition, the old church had the disadvantage of being located far from the village. The chapel was listed as a historical monument in 1941 (decree of August 9). It was restored in 1957. NOTE: THE CHURCH HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE JULY 23, 2018, FOR INDEFINITE WORK.

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The so-called "Gallo-Roman" bridge was a stage on the Celtic road Rouen-Ancenis-Bordeaux. It is sometimes called the Gallo-Roman bridge or the Julius Caesar bridge on the pretext that the Roman general would have used a bridge prior to this one, intended only for pedestrians. However, during work carried out in 2017, the architect of Historical Monuments and that of Buildings of France called on a historian and the so-called Gallo-Roman bridge is rather attested as a bridge from the early Middle Ages. Remains of a Roman road nearby, as well as the materials used, wrongly gave its name to this bridge which, according to the results of this historical study, does not date from the Roman era, but is much more recent. It would in fact date from the Romanesque era (7th century). It has four unequal arches. Each pier is flanked by a spur. Downstream, this spur does not rise to the deck; it rises above it, which gives it a very particular appearance and makes it unique in the west. It was partly restored in the Middle Ages. An ogival arch is proof of this. It was listed in the inventory of Historic Monuments by decree dated May 14, 1925. Following floods that weakened it in 2014-2015, it was completely restored in 2018 and now allows a gentle connection with a pedestrian and secure crossing. https://www.levignobledenantes-tourisme.com/patrimoine-culturel/pont-gallo-romain/

19th century Italianate style castle, built by a student of Lemot, the famous architect from Clisson.

Behind the chapel are the ruins of the dungeon where Héloïse and Abélard once lived.

Former sawmill on the banks of the Sanguèze, a tributary of the Sèvre. Apparently a place of habitation nowadays.

The museum park also serves as a conservatory of old or forgotten grape varieties.

This beautiful Roman bridge over the Sanguèze, also called the Julius Caesar Bridge, in its current state actually dates from the Middle Ages.