Hiking around Cellé

A stone bridge, then Église Notre-Dame on Rue du 11 novembre: the “Circuit de Vauvert à Cellé” circular route passes the church in Cellé. This route links a hiking trail with a specific cultural site.

The loop is 12 km long and rated easy. The distance gives its length; the rating provides separate information about its difficulty. Along the way, the Circuit passes through the Vendômois countryside and offers a view of Château de Glatigny. This makes it possible to assess the route both by its length and by its landscape and cultural connections. If you are looking for a holiday rental in Cellé, you can take this hiking and cultural profile into account when choosing where to stay.

Starting point and regional hiking trails

The starting point is at 1 la Fontaine de la Gravelle in Cellé. The Circuit is signposted with the PR® “barrette jaune” marker. The starting address and trail marker serve different purposes: the address identifies the starting point, while the marker identifies the circular route. Route details and trail markers may change; before setting out, check locally, particularly the starting point and signage.

Cellé is part of the Perche Vendômois, where many hiking trails are signposted: from short PR loops marked in yellow to the GRP du Perche Vendômois, marked in yellow and red. The Circuit de Vauvert à Cellé follows a section of the GR de Pays du Perche Vendômois-Vallée du Loir. The region therefore offers everything from short PR loops to the GRP, while the Circuit itself is a specific 12 km loop. This comparison helps place the local route within a wider hiking area: the regional information concerns the Perche Vendômois, while the 12 km refers specifically to the Circuit de Vauvert à Cellé.

Art in Église Notre-Dame

In the north aisle of Église Notre-Dame is the funerary inscription “inscription funéraire de Dame Michel.” The image is engraved in stone: above a skull and bones, a ciborium is depicted. The inscription was protected as an object in 1976. Its location and imagery offer a different focus from the route: here, the subject is a single, clearly named object with its specific depiction.

The south aisle also contains the painting “tableau: Nativité,” an oil painting on copper. It is either attributed to Hans Rottenhammer (1565–1625) or regarded as a copy after one of his works. This twofold possibility is part of how the painting is classified: it is associated with Rottenhammer, but remains either a work attributed to him or a copy after him. Together with the stone funerary inscription in the north aisle, the church’s furnishings can be viewed through two contrasts: painting and engraving, and the south and north aisles.

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