Chapelle et logis troglodytiques de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

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The Notre-Dame-de-Lorette chapel, or Notre-Dame de Lorette, is a hermitage consisting of a chapel and a logis troglodytes. The site of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is located in the commune of Saint-Épain, within the valley of Courtineau, in Indre-et-Loire. Troglodytic structures were built during the 15th century, but the chapel was only mentioned from the 19th century. A site around which a popular legend was forged, the troglodytic structures of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, especially the chapel, were the subject of annual pilgrimages. The troglodytic structures of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette were recorded on the additional inventory of historical monuments in the 1950s.

Notre-Dame-Lorette is located in the commune of Saint-Épain, city of the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. The site of the hermitage is located in the heart of the Valley of Courtineau, at the place called La Grange aux Dimes. The troglodytic structures of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette find their location in the south-east margins of Saint-Epain and are almost limited to the northern part of the city of Sainte-Maure...