In Bazincourt-Sur-Epte, hiking trails with different stated durations sit alongside a cycling route that passes through the commune. The Église Saint-Denis and the Château de Thierceville add to the picture of local history. When planning, therefore, both your preferred time frame and your interest in architectural history may play a role.
Plan hiking and cycling routes
The Chemin de la Mare Jaunet is 5.2 kilometres long and is listed as taking 1 hour 25 minutes. It is classified as easy and marked in blue; the starting point is at 37 route Sainte-Marie.
The Chemin du Clos Aquain is 9.3 kilometres long; its stated duration is three hours. This trail is also classified as easy, but is marked in red and likewise starts at 37 route Sainte-Marie. Compared with the Mare Jaunet, it is 4.1 kilometres longer; the stated walking time is 1 hour 35 minutes more.
All three stated hiking starting points are at 37 route Sainte-Marie; for the circular route “Le circuit du Chaufour,” the entrance to the Château de Thierceville is also named as a starting point. Check local access conditions before setting out. Trail conditions can change seasonally.
The cycling route “Sur les pas de Camille Pissarro” is 20 kilometres long and is listed as taking two hours; it passes through Bazincourt-Sur-Epte. Its duration falls between the stated walking times for the two hiking trails. This also makes it possible to compare the routes by their stated time frames.
Church and château: history in stages
The Église Saint-Denis was built as a chapel in the 11th century and became a parish church around 1335. The new choir houses an altarpiece executed by Jacques Carbonnier of Gisors in 1760. An altarpiece is an altar decoration; its year of execution provides a clear later point of reference in relation to the chapel’s construction and its conversion into a parish church. The history of the Église Saint-Denis thus encompasses both a change in ecclesiastical function and a specific work of furnishing.
The Château de Thierceville was built in the first half of the 19th century. The Sainte-Jovine chapel at the château was built in 1841; its precise date adds a specific construction stage to the broader building period. The château is privately owned. Compared with the history of the Église Saint-Denis, the information about the château and the chapel relates to the 19th century. The references to the two chapels differ: at Saint-Denis, “chapel” refers to the early phase of the building that later became a parish church; Sainte-Jovine is the chapel built at the château in 1841. The same type of building therefore appears in two different historical contexts, once as the predecessor of a parish church and once as a chapel at a château.
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