Architectural Discovery in the Traditional Normandy Village of Longny au Perche

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Hello dear Hivers, how are you doing ? Today I'm taking you on a tour of a small village not far from our home in the countryside. As some of you may be used to, I've focused on the buildings, their architecture and the landscape. So there are no people to be seen in my images, and I know that this can give the impression that the village is completely deserted.

Don't worry, it's very much alive, but when I came to do this tour, it was early in the morning and the weather wasn't particularly good. Combine these two factors and you get streets and views that are 'untouched' by humans, so to speak !

Before I begin this tour of the village of Longny au Perche, I should point out that all these images were taken with my Nikon D5500 camera and the lens was my 35mm... The one I'm using all the time at the moment :-)

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One of the elements that cannot be avoided and that must be taken into account to understand the formation of a village like this is the church and its bell tower. You can spot it dominating the rooftops from almost any vantage point...

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This tower, which can be seen from so far away and dominates the roofs of the lower houses, dates from the Renaissance period. The church overlooks the central square of the village, where you'll find the town hall and a few shops.

On this occasion, I didn't even go to see if it was open - I guess I just needed to be outside !

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In the street leading to the church, you can come across this curiosity, a wheel that must have activated a mechanism to run the little fountain on the left. Today, it doesn't seem to work - a letterbox has been put there !

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In the main square, you can't help but notice this beautiful gateway, the presence of which systematically reveals the presence of a castle !

Even if you look carefully through it, you can't see any traces of the building... It does remain, but over the centuries it has been much altered, either during wars with the English - during the Hundred Years' War - or by successive fires.

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But as you go up the street and along the wall that encloses the property, you come across this other gate that is less conspicuous or significant...

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If you look just a little above the iron gates, you can still get a few views of this château, immersed in its period atmosphere, and what a charming interior it is !

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Opposite this building, the street is simple and the buildings with just a few storeys are perfect examples of the architecture typical of the Perche region. But we'll see more of them a little further on...

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Just a stone's throw away, you come across this beautiful, vast residence that looks more like a manor house... It's the old Longny mill. Apparently, a lord decided to take advantage of the power of one of the three rivers that flow through the village, and so this is where people came to have their wheat ground...

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Today, the wheel in the little vault no longer turns, but the whole place is still completely charming, with its little bridge and the invigorating presence of the water flowing uninterruptedly.

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I decided to explore the surrounding area a little, but as I kept going, I ended up going completely outside the village, which was not my original aim. Seeing this, I turned back and took another route towards the centre of the village...

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Here we are again, at the junction of Rue du Château and Rue du Vieux Moulin... And the church tower still dominates !

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I take a street lined on either side with more modest houses, but which are typically Percheronnes. The window surrounds are made of red brick, and the roofs are fairly high and steep.

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A short incursion into a fairly recent park on the other side of the village. And you can see straight away from the orientation of the paths that the idea was for the church to be clearly visible once again.

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We arrive at this beautiful house at a crossroads, next to which flows one of the other small rivers that run through the village...

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If you look a little closer, you can see the second river, which leads upstream to the old mill that we have already passed.

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Not far from here, there is a fairly large car park and what interested me most was the back of this farmhouse, with its beautiful render colours and the different levels of roofs that give it its overall shape.

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Depuis cette esplanade, forcément on retrouve cette belle tour carrée de l'église à laquelle on finit par bien s'habituer et à trouver familière !

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And that's where our walk ends, in this street that takes us on a loop back to our original starting point. But if you've been paying attention, you'll have seen that other building dominating the village rooftops in this last image... But that's for another time !

I'd like to thank you for your time and I hope you enjoyed your visit and got a feel for the atmosphere in a village in this beautiful region.

Good day to you and see you soon,

<3

@anttn


All the texts and images presented here are my own.






Bonjour chers Hivers, comment allez-vous ? Aujourd'hui, je vous emmène visiter un petit village non loin de chez nous à la campagne. Comme certains pourront en avoir l'habitude, je me suis focalisé sur les bâtiments, leur architecture et les paysages. On ne voit donc aucune personne sur mes images et je sais que cela peut donner l'impression que le village est complètement désert.

Rassurez-vous celui-ci est bien vivant, mais lorsque je suis venu faire ce tour, il était tôt le matin et il ne faisait pas particulièrement beau. En combinant ces deux facteurs, vous obtenez des rues et des vues "vierges" d'humains si j'ose dire !

Avant de commencer cette visite du village de Longny au Perche, je vous informe que toutes ces images ont été prises avec mon appareil photo Nikon D5500 et que l'objectif était mon 35mm... Celui que j'utilise tout le temps en ce moment :-)

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Un des éléments que l'on ne peut éviter et que l'on doit prendre en compte pour comprendre la formation d'un village comme celui-ci, c'est l'église et son clocher. On peut repérer celui-ci qui domine les toits d'à peu près tous les points de vues...

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Cette tour qui se voit de si loin et domine les toits des habitations basses date de la période de la Renaissance. L'église donne sur la place centrale du village, là où on trouve l'hôtel de ville et quelques commerces.

Cette fois-là, je ne suis même pas allé essayer de voir si elle était ouverte, je crois que j'avais juste besoin d'être à l'extérieur !

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Dans la rue qui mène à l'église, on peu croiser cette curiosité, un roue qui devait actionner un mécanisme pour faire fonctionner la petite fontaine qu'on voit sur la gauche. Aujourd'hui, cela n'a plus l'air de fonctionner, on y a placé une boîte aux lettres !

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Sur la place principale, on ne peut s'empêcher de remarquer ce beau portail dont la présence est de façon systématique, révélatrice de la présence d'un château !

Même en regardant attentivement à travers, on ne voit pas de traces du bâtiment... Il en reste bien un, mais au cours des siècles, il a beaucoup été modifié, soit lors de guerres avec les Anglais - pendant la Guerre de Cent Ans - ou par des incendies successifs.

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Mais en remontant la rue et longeant le mur qui clôt la propriété, on tombe sur cet autre portail moins voyant ou significatif...

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En regardant un petit peu au dessus des grilles, on peut tout de même avoir quelques vues de ce château plongé dans son ambiance d'époque et que l'on imagine charmant à l'intérieur !

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En face de cet édifice, la rue est simple et la bâtiments à quelques étages représente des exemples parfaits de l'architecture typique de la région du Perche. Mais nous en verrons d'autres un peu plus loin...

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À deux pas de là, on tombe sur cette belle et vaste demeure qui fait davantage penser à un manoir... C'est le vieux moulin de Longny. Apparement, un seigneur avait décidé de profiter de la force d'une des trois rivières qui passent dans le village et c'est donc ici qu'on venait faire moudre son blé...

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Aujourd'hui, la roue dans la petite voûte ne tourne plus, mais tout l'ensemble est resté complètement charmant avec son petit pont et la présence vivifiante de l'eau qui coule sans discontinuer.

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Là, je décide d'explorer un peu les environs, mais à force d'avancer, je finis par complètement sortir du village ce qui n'est pas mon but à l'origine. Voyant cela, je rebrousse chemin et me redirige vers le centre du village par un autre itinéraire...

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Nous revoilà dans au croisement de la rue du Château et de celle du Vieux Moulin... Et toujours le clocher de l'église qui domine !

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J'emprunte une rue bordée de part et d'autre de maisons plus modestes, mais qui sont typiquement percheronnes. Les contours des fenêtres sont faits de briques rouges, les toits sont assez hauts et plutôt pentus.

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Petite incursion dans un parc assez récent de l'autre côté du village. ET directement, de part l'orientation des allées, on voit que l'idée était que l'église, de nouveau, soit bien visible.

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On arrive sur cette très belle maison qui est à un croisement et auprès de laquelle coule une des autres petites rivières qui traversent le village...

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En regardant d'un peu plus près, on voit la seconde qui mène, en remontant son cours, vers le vieux moulin auprès duquel nous sommes déjà passés.

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Non loin de là, on trouve un parking assez vaste et ce qui m'a intéressé là en premier lieu, c'est le dos de cette ferme avec ses belles couleurs d'enduits et ses différents niveau de toits qui lui donnent sa forme générale.

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Depuis cette esplanade, forcément on retrouve cette belle tour carrée de l'église à laquelle on finit par bien s'habituer et à trouver familière !

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Et notre promenade se terminera là, dans cette rue qui nous fait faire une boucle et revenir à notre point de départ initial. Mais si vous êtes attentifs, vous aurez vu sur cette dernière image, cet autre bâtiment qui domine les toits du villages... Mais cela, c'est pour un autre fois !

Je vous remercie pour le temps de votre visite et j'espère que celle-ci vous aura plût et permis de ressentir un petit peu l'ambiance dans un village de cette belle région.

Bonne journée à vous et à très bientôt,

<3

@anttn


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Many thanks dear @steemflow 😅 !

I hope you're doing fine and enjoying the holiday times !

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The city looks beautiful when viewed from any angle, the architecture of the buildings looks classic, usually I only see cities this beautiful in films. Amazing city

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Haha ! Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it 😀 !

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I like looking at pictures of rivers and forests.Because I like forest hunting.

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I get that 😉 ! I'm too a nature lover rather than a city guy... but I met my companion here and thus I partially live in Paris :)

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Great photos man, it's normal that people don't want to go out early especially in these cold days of winter, isn't it? Especially the greening buildings look nice :)

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That's true... only crazy ones like me were out 😂 !! I really like this one too :)

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such a charming place
that wheel thingy is intriguing never seen anything like that before

Thanks for joining the Wednesday Walk :)

Have a great day :)

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Yeah, in summer it's even more sweet 😇

Yeah, I must ask one of the elder in the village to know more about !

Have a great day and a lovely weekend in advance ✌️

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lovely little river <3

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Indeed ! This village is really pleasant... even more during summer of course 😀

Have a good evening, take care ✌️

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I love this pict, this building, and this angle

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To tell you the truth, I hesitated a lot about putting this one for the cover :)

Thank you very much @viviehardika 😇

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I really loved the place ❤️ Every corner seems to clean and quite. 🤗

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Yeah, it's really calm and quite clean indeed ! Can't wait for the Spring and Summer there 😀 !

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I think those who lived in that place were lovers of church. They even built gigantic ones
I love that!
The pictures are really nice

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Oh yeah, France was always a big catholic and christian country those last centuries..! A bit less these last decades !

Thank you dear @rafzat ✌️

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A beautiful place, although or probably because not everything is in perfect shape.

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You're right ! Perfect shape is not perfect :)

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Many thanks dear @livinguktaiwan !

All the countryside here makes me thinking about England... but I still want to came back there for real 😉

Have a nice weekend ✌️

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That was a really nice tour. Loved the old mill and the quiet scenery at that early time of the day!

Just a hint: the sentence above the last picture in the English section of this article is in French still; you probably missed to translate it. But no worries, there are more than enough online-translators out there to help out. 😉

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I'm super happy you enjoyed this visit of the village, the mill is one of my favorite too :))

Oh, thank you for letting me know, I will correct that 😉

Have a lovely day dear ✌️

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Walking with you @anttn in this ancient village, I really felt the unique charm of old France. Your ability to show in your photos all the unique elements of antiquity and landscape design, as well as the description of this place, gave me the pleasure 😊
Your profile does not indicate where you live. Can you leave a link to the google maps of the places you talk about so I can know the exact location?

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Hi there @olga.maslievich, thanks for your lovely comment 😇

We're in France, half the time in Paris for work and the rest in the countryside. The area we're in is called "Le Perche", but it's in the Normandy region :)

Thanks again, I wish you a nice day 😀

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