Our rich heritage

It owes its name to a contest for archers and crossbowmen, where the target was a colored bird placed at the top of this tower. It also used to be a prison in the XIXth and XXth centuries. The Tower is classified Historical Monument and cannot be visited but houses temporary exhibitions throughout...

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The trees that can be seen are mostly oaks, beeches and pines. Many paths are surrounding this forest. There, you can walk, ride and pony-trek. It is a forest of more than 300 hectares and most of it is located around the lake of Trémelin, the Chambre au loup and the Moulin du Casse (mill). The tre...

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The memories of this Counter-Reformation missionary are kept alive in his native house which can be visited. He created many congregations: the Daughters of Wisdom, the Brothers of St. Gabriel and the Community of the Holy Spirit. The house sometimes accommodates pilgrims and is the starting point...

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The scenery in the valley is breathtaking, delighting visitors for its mystery and beauty. This is a grandiose area, filled with colors - the purplish-red of the brambles, the golden gorse and broom, the purple heather and bronze lichen. It is the place where the legend of the Celtic Wolf was born....

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In 1976, a fire destroyed the roof and the upper part of the walls, as well as the conventual buildings dating back to the XVIIth century. The abbey is a step on the 'Three Abbeys Path', 100 km following the trace of the founding Saints.

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This site is home to a large variety of bird species that you can contemplate from an observation post, for an incredible sight. But not only birds can be found in Careil, you can also observe threatened hardy species (goats, sheeps or breton draft horses) that have been introduced on the meadows....

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It covers a few hundred hectares, including 40 hectares which are a communal property on the area of Saint-Lazare woods. Several marked paths allow running across this wooden area, by foot, by horse and for some people, by mountain bike.

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