Juigné-sur-Loire to Rochefort-sur-Loire
Pays de la Loire
1. Juigné-sur-Loire to Rochefort-sur-Loire
Medium
5h30
21,9km
+222m
-207m
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After Mûrs-Érigné you continue along the banks of the Louet with a few escapades across the fields to avoid the uneven banks of the river. You cross the wine estates of the Anjou wine region before arriving in Rochefort-sur-Loire.
4 points of interest
Le mémorial de Mûrs-Érigné - Amis saint Colomban HistoricalMémorial de la bataille des Ponts de Cé in Murs-Érigné
The Via Columbani passes at the foot of the cliff with the monument at the top which offers a very beautiful view of the Loire landscape.
The site is located on the hill at the foot of the Louet, the Via Columbani runs along the base of the cliff. You can climb to the top to admire the landscape. The access is from the Route de Nantes that you will take on the left of the Via Columbani by the Chemin des Près in the last houses. Then you will find the Via Columbani again by taking the path that goes down from the Memorial around the cliff.
This battle of 1793, is one of the main acts of the revolutionary wars of the Vendée. The Loire was a natural frontier during the religious wars and during the revolutionary period.
The Vendeans are facing a battalion from Paris, the plaque on the memorial 300 Parisians lost their lives there. Battle lost by the vendéens in front of the national guard of Angers.
Le Louet à Mûrs-Érigné - Amis saint Colomban TouristLe Louet, the main branch of the Loire.
Part of the 25 km of Le Louet crosses and separates the commune of Mûrs-Érigné in two. It presents changing landscapes, alternating sandbanks and wetlands. It is also an important migration axis, a stopover site and a breeding ground for certain species of birds that are rare in the region. Take the time to observe this natural area.
Vue des bords du Louet le château de Mantelon à Denée - Amis saint Colomban HistoricalMatelon Castle in Denée
The castle is not open to the public.
18th century castle, built near an old medieval building. Many early 19th century fittings (chapel, entrance pavilions, gates, stable, dairy).
Garden transformed into a vast landscaped park after 1860, among many remarkable trees : black poplars, about thirty bald cypresses, hackberry trees ...
Continuing on the Via Columbani you will pass in front of the main entrance of the castle decorated with a pavilion of Thai architecture.
Tour clocher du XVIe siècle de l’église Sainte-Croix de Rochefort-sur-Loire - Amis saint Colomban TouristHoly Cross Church at Rochefort-sur-Loire
This church belonged to the abbey of Ronceray d'Angers by donation of the count of Anjou from the 11th century. The Romanesque church and adjoining buildings were razed to the ground around 1840 to allow the reconstruction of a large neoclassical church, then again in 1880 in eclectic style by Auguste Beignet. The unfinished Beignet's project spared the old 16th-century bell-tower.
The church is closed.
Description
Leave the church of Juigné-sur-Loire by the Chemin du Vieux Louet, after the crossroads with the Chemin du Pont du Magasin, turn left, then right across the roundabout, third street on the left which runs along the D132 for a few metres, Chemin de la Carinière, pass under A 87 N
- Go along the motorway, second road on the left in the woods stay on the main road, crossroads D 132 on the left, first road on the right, then on the left towards the edge of Louet
- Go up on the bridge, on the left, rue Maurice Berné, on the right, at the crossroads stay on your right, quai Gérard Allory, follow Le Louet rue des Deux Ports, first road on the right, chemin Les Prés, then on the left along Le Louet.
- Turn right at the crossroads then left in front of the stadium, at the roundabout turn right, Chemin de la Jubeaudière, at the edge of Louet continue on Chemin de la Gazellerie, at the crossroads turn right and continue on the edge of Louet.
- In the hamlet of Le Louet, on the left, a path between two houses in front of the landing stage of the boats, on the right at the junction with the road, then on the left, go along Le Louet, first path on the left to avoid the Louet loop, on the left at the crossroads.
- Turn right at the junction D 132 cross and immediately left, after a dirt road take the path between crops turning left, take the bridge over the Aubance continue along the Louet river
- At Mantelon, second road on the left, go along the castle wall, second street on the left then on the right, after the Pavillon de Thailande on the right, at the Moulin neuf, continue on the field road on the left after the last house, at the crossroads on the asphalt road stay on your left rue du Lietron.
- Turn right at the crossroads with D 751, first road on the left, Les Loges, turn left, dirt road on the right, on the left crossroads asphalt road, Le Granry, first road on the right in the vineyards, second road on the right in the vineyards, straight ahead continue asphalt road, Piedgué
- On the right after the houses of La Garde, on the left a path in the middle of the vines, enter the small wood on your left, cross the brook on the right tarred road, La Besnarderie, on the left a field path bypass the vineyard plot on the left, on the left after the vineyard plot.
- On the left asphalt road, Chemin de la Papinerie, first street on the right, rue du Chêne Galant, on the left path between two properties of the allotment, first road on the left, continue in the vineyards, on the left crossroads rue des Vignes, on the right rue de l'Abbaye, place Sainte-Croix you have arrived.
- Departure : Saint-Germain Church, 32 Grande-Rue, 49 610 Juigné-sur-Loire
- Arrival : Sainte-Croix Church, 7-11 Place Sainte-Croix, 49 190 Rochefort-sur-Loire
- Towns crossed : Pays de la Loire
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