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At the exit of the village, you will notice the Saint-Aignan church; it was almost entirely rebuilt from 1895 onwards on the foundations of the old church after being destroyed by an unfortunate fire.

Unfortunately, the church was not accessible when I visited (mid-September 2024). You could only look in through a gate and the dance of death depictions on the left side were not really visible. In front of them were transparencies with skeleton drawings. Maybe those were the depictions...

Built at the beginning of the 20th century, it was consecrated in 1903. It replaced an old 12th century church, contemporary with a convent of which only the chapel dedicated to the three Marys remains today. It is decorated with stained glass windows by master glassmaker Lorin: three windows (on the right) are dedicated to the appearance of Christ to the Saints Mary and three windows (on the left) to the apparitions of the Virgin at La Salette in the Alps in Isère in 1846. The patron saints of the church, Saint Gervais and Saint Protais appear on the stained glass windows of the choir. In 2003 the centenary of the church was celebrated and in 2004, two glass roofs, made by the Petit workshops of La Bourdinière Saint Loup, were mounted on the second level of the nave: the resurrection of Lazarus and the healing of the paralytic. It preserves an organ from 1892, by the maker Louis Delierre, from Nantes. The church of Mignières receives pilgrims faithful to the three holy Marys of the Gospel (Marie-Jacobé, Marie-Magdeleine and Marie-Salomé) on May 22, July 22 and October 22.

Very beautiful church and the public toilets next to it are perfect, even for filling water bottles too large for the classic sinks.

The Saint-Pierre church bears within itself the testimony of the centuries by the successive contribution of what they had the possibility of offering of the most truly sacred, it appears in its harmonious silhouette at the crossroads of two great natural regions, Beauce and the Perch. A living work, injured several times but restored, it is more beautiful now than it ever was. Rebuilt at the end of the 15th century, the Saint-Pierre church has been classified as a "Historic Monument" since 1907. It has two chapels, one of which, under the imposing bell tower bearing the date 1620, forms the Latin cross. A major restoration campaign has been carried out in recent years. The roof has been completely redone, preserving the original framework. The western window blocked at the beginning of the 19th century has been restored, a new stained glass window restores its nobility. The church offers a remarkable interior, in particular its imposing altarpiece and a statue of the Trinity, both listed as heritage sites.

The church of Ermenonville la Grande dates largely from the end of the Middle Ages. The choir is the most neat part, it has Romanesque buttresses and bays adorned with cut stones. The nave was probably destroyed during the Hundred Years' War. Its reconstruction was not done in the same style and as elaborately as the choir. The walls are composed quite simply with little dressed stone. The north and south walls of the nave had two doors which gave access to the cemetery. The north door was surely blocked at the beginning of the 20th century when the cemetery was moved and the south door was blocked around 1945. These openings were surrounded by a few cut stones and limestone.

The walls of the nave of the church of Saint-Orien are adorned with paintings from the 15th century, which are surprisingly well preserved. They represent a dance of death, symbolizing the confrontation between humans and death. To have !

Nice walk along the pond. Trails make it easy to go around the body of water. There are benches, play areas for children. It is a popular spot with local residents.