Saint Peter's Church – Les Étangs de Saint-Luperce loop from Courville-sur-Eure
Saint Peter's Church – Les Étangs de Saint-Luperce loop from Courville-sur-Eure
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Saint Peter's Church – Les Étangs de Saint-Luperce loop from Courville-sur-Eure
01:28
36.6km
130m
Road cycling
Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: March 24, 2026
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660 m
Saint Peter's Church
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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.
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The Courville-sur-Eure Apple Orchard
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2.65 km
Old fortification
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Chuisnes Village Church
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Saint Germain Church
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Having a stained glass rose window on the west portal, the warm colors of the sunsets pierce the glass to flood the heart of the Church with light.
Seven large stained glass windows overlook the interior of the church. On one side we find: the Curé d’Ars; Saint Joseph ; the Child and Mary; Saint Pierre. On the other side Bernadette Soubirous; Jesus before the apostles Peter Jacques and John, Louis IX. But a bay remains, empty, filled by a sheet of Plexiglas. This is where the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist will take place. It is this last stained glass window that we will talk about next.
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Liberty Bridge
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30.1 km
Église Saint Luperce
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Perhaps it was originally a bell gable, later augmented by a platform supported by these machicolations?
In front of the entrance, a small building called a "caquetoire" (a small meeting place) allows the faithful to gather and converse.
Inside the church, the furnishings date from the 18th and 19th centuries:
a marble high altar and its gray-painted wooden altarpiece (18th century) – a painted wooden altarpiece of St. Joseph (late 18th or early 19th century)
an altarpiece for the altar of the Virgin Mary (19th century)
a baptismal font in red-veined marble (19th century)
a waxed wooden pew (18th century)
a waxed wooden choir stall upholstered in velvet
paintings: the Assumption of the Virgin Mary by Octave Hauser (1839) and the Annunciation (18th century)
The stained-glass windows date from 1874.
The church and the eclipse
A bit of history:
The parish, established in the 13th century, was part of the deanery of Courville. The church's patron saint, Luperche or Luperchius, gave his name to the village. We must go back to the 4th century to find the first trace of this saint: At that time, Dacius, governor of the part of Spain that included Catalonia, Aragon, and the Kingdom of Valencia, was one of the most cruel ministers of persecution. Incited by the emperors Diocletian and Maximilian, he had eighteen confessors of Jesus Christ executed in the city of Zaragoza. In their honor, the poet Prudentius wrote hymns, and among these confessors, a certain martyr named Luperche became the patron saint of our church.
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Les Étangs de Saint-Luperce
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36.6 km
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Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
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35.6 km
972 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
33.9 km
2.59 km
150 m
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