Discover Montaudin

Montaudin offers two distinct starting points for planning a trip: Notre-Dame church, with its architecture and stained-glass windows, and two circuits with landscape and historical features. The church brings together different building periods and imagery; the routes have different hydrological and historical characteristics. If you are looking for a hotel in Montaudin, these topics can help you assess the town according to your interests.

Notre-Dame Church: architecture and building periods

Notre-Dame Church in Montaudin was rebuilt to plans by departmental architect Eugène Hawke and is designed in the Neo-Romanesque style. The nave and transept date from 1889, and the choir from 1898. There are nine years between the two dates. The construction details therefore distinguish the parts of the church by period, rather than reducing the rebuilding to a single year.

The stained-glass windows also offer different points of interest. A group of five figurative windows depicts the Sacred Heart, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Francis of Assisi. The church also has a stained-glass window from 1544 depicting the Tree of Jesse. It probably comes from the Manoir de la Futaie and is considered the only window in the Mayenne département to address this subject. While the nave, transept and choir are associated with the years 1889 and 1898, the 1544 window dates back more than three centuries earlier. The church thus brings together several clearly distinct historical and visual references.

Two circuits with different highlights

The Circuit du Taillis de Pouillé focuses on a watershed. Waterways in the northern part flow towards the English Channel, while those in the southern part flow towards the Atlantic. This makes it possible to identify the route by its two different drainage directions. The circuit also leads to the commune of Larchamp, where it connects with the Sente aux boisus interpretive trail. This named connection, as well as the watershed, is one of the route’s features.

The Circuit de la Pihoraye offers a different focus. It follows tree-lined paths that once led to the Château de la Pihoraie. Described as a typical route through the bocage, it offers beautiful panoramas. Here, the former route and the character of the landscape take centre stage, whereas the Circuit du Taillis de Pouillé is characterised by its watershed and connection to the Sente aux boisus. The links between the Pihoraye and the château are explicitly historical: the paths once led there.

When choosing between them, you can consider which question interests you most: the division between drainage directions and the connection to the named interpretive trail on the Taillis de Pouillé circuit, or the former route to the château and the bocage character of the Pihoraye circuit. At the church, meanwhile, the construction dates of its different parts are combined with a window from 1544 and several figurative depictions. These different themes give you concrete points of reference for weighing up Montaudin as a destination according to your interests.

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