Parks & Gardens

Enter the "secret gardens" of the Sun King. Discover the furnished home of Madame de Maintenon, whose eternal youth charmed Louis XIV the all-powerful.

Parc de Champ Romain: French-style formla gardens, with staggered rows of very rare lime trees. Calcareous grasslands, listed by the DRAC (regional cultural affairs directorate).

Visit of the courtyard of honour, the pigeon loft, the outbuildings, the grounds with their driveways lined by remarkable 200 year old lime trees and the ice house.

It is inside the walls of this 17th-century castle that interrogations took place of the 300 bandits in the "Chauffeurs d'Orgères" gang in 1798. The dovecote is home to the masks of those condemned to death.

Situated on a headland, this chateau brings together medieval and Renaissance architecture, and its 19th century neo-medieval extensions, in a beautiful landscaped park (200 hectares).

Linked to the kingdom of France, on the border between the Duchy of Normandy and Thimerais, this stronghold house protected the village of la Gadelière during the Hundred Years' War. The village also has some characteristic remains.