At the heart of the Chanterelles nestles Notre Dame.
In the 9th century, the church bears the name of Saint-Denis Girolles. Then it is probably a simple oratory.
In the 12th century, the church became Our Lady of chanterelles.
This time, you can admire, sheltered by a porch-caquetoir his sculpted tympanum representing the Mystic Lamb. It is unique in Gatinais. It is this characteristic that has earned the building to be included in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments.
But we must enter the choir to discover another treasure. The same time as the tympanum, carved four capitals, which have not undergone alteration time, offer different designs of admirable execution.
In the 18th century, Notre-Dame de Girolles re-enters the story. The tower of the church was used from 1799 to 1852 for the operation of telegraph Chappe on the Paris Lyon. Chappe telegraph is an optical communication semaphore (an articulated arm) over distances of several hundred kilometers.
To visit, contact Ms. Christiane Simeon. Tel. : +33 2 38 85 14 68.
