Located in the most hilly canton of Beaune-la-Rolande, the municipality of Saint-Loup-des-Vignes was long attached to the diocese of Sens.
This earned him bear the name of his most famous bishop: Bishop Wolf born in 573 near Orleans.
While the name of that archbishop was likely to frighten children, it is paradoxically its ability to allay their fears, and especially to cure many diseases that led to Bishop Wolf to be remembered .
Also, the cult of Saint Loup quickly became very popular, and it gave rise to major pilgrimages that took place on September 5.
the center of the village church which was built in the 12 th century and 15 th century s bell is dated 12 th century.
She also has a nice little caquetoire style Sologne dated 17 th century.
Saint-Loup-des-Vignes spans nearly 9km 2 , and has 440 residents who call:
- the Lupériens and Lupériennes.
The main river crossing the town is the Maurepas, a tributary of Charcoal, and 19km long. This small river rises at Montliard, and empties into the Charcoal at Sceaux Gâtinais
Finally, agricultural side, the hills surrounding the village of Saint-Loup-des-Vignes is well exposed, they were favorable to growing vines. Therefore there planted the melon, grape and very close to the Pinot Blanc. Unfortunately everything has been destroyed to 19 th century by phylloxera. However, in the village, there are still farms, 18 wineries dating th century.
0 comments:
Post a Comment