Great oaks from little acorns grow - a real feat for this little "devout" acorn.

One of the most interesting churches we have visited here in the Loire Valley is the Church of Saint Didier in the village of Cheille just over 6km to the west of Azay-le-Rideau. It might normally be considered unremarkable apart from one thing...it has a centuries-old oak that grows out of the wall of its bell tower!

Loire Valley church on Sunday - St Nicolas,Tavant

 

One of our favourites, the Romanesque church of St Nicolas in Tavant. 

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Church for Sunday - simple Saint Clair's in Pussigny

From the foundations of an original 11th century church Saint Clair's was remodeled in the 12th century and completely rebuilt in the 18th, except for the facade.The church, of a simple design,  includes a nave, a bell tower and a rectangular apse and brick vaults which were added at the end of the 19th century.

The church plays host to a painting by Mary Layne-Brossard from the 2017 edition of the village's art festival the 'Pussifolies' (see here) ,  

Where's  Joan? - nowhere to be found - couldn't even find a Clair!