THE CHAPEL OF SAINTE-ANNE DE CHAMPFRÉMONT

The charming Sainte-Anne de Champfrémont chapel in its bucolic surroundings, dating back to the mid-seventeenth century. It was a dependence of the powerful Benedictine abbey of Lonlay created in 1020 by Guillaume 1 ^st Talvais de Bellême. Its history is also linked to the legend of the Source of the Bélier. At the origin of the village's coat of arms, this bélier indicated to the shepherd a green and humid site to his shepherd who, crucifying, discovered a statue of Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. At the very moment he released the statue a spring. The site became the site of an important pilgrimage. Today this source is very popular and appreciated for these virtues beneficial to the eyes. It is quickly accessible from the chapel with a beautiful hollow path. The chapel is also an important pilgrimage site. Even during the French Revolution, worship was never interrupted. Original: set up at the chapel is a former police station with his prison used days of fairs or market to lock up the cattle thieves or those who were making a nuisance.