A pretty little forest, farm houses and manors: all have the bewitching charm of the 16th century. Take the time to wander through the hamlet of Sainte-Gauburge. Your path will undoubtedly retrace the steps of monks from... the royal abbey. That’s right! A robust country structure built in the midst of far-off forests in the Percheron region, the priory was dedicated to St. Dennis. From there, this mix of nobility and country pride survived a millennium. You will see the church and its chancel from which beautiful Gothic windows radiate. You will see the prior’s lodge and its historiated chimneys, or the monks’ lodge with its vaulted rooms.

Those monks… The Revolution forced them out, and only their agricultural vocation remained.

In this manner, the priory’s buildings, steeped in rural traditions, face the future by celebrating yesteryear. The whole life and colour of the past is here: festivals and traditional knowledge, farming and craftsmanship.

Can you smell the apples, hay and hemp? The real aromas of the soil: the memory of the Perche area is told at the priory, now converted into an eco-museum.