I haven’t looked it up to check but I would be surprised if Maillé was the largest massacre in WWII. My recollection is that it was the second largest in France in terms of numbers killed, after Oradour sur Glane. I’ll check. There is a nice memorial in the local cemetery at Maillé — simple and evocative, basically a list of names on a very big stone, shocking because of the numbers and the multiple members of the same families. Also Paule Richon’s carved stone monument on the turn off to Maillé from the main road.
Most of the goat herds are kept indoors, to make it easier to control intestinal worms. That’s why you don’t see them much.
That’s a stonkingly good dolmen! I assume from your description it is actually a fogou, not a tomb. I’ve never visited it, better put it on the list.
BTW, you didn’t miss anything by not getting in to the chapel at Ste Maure.
Hi, sorry about that – “second” is missing. I’ve added it and said second to Oradour. Thanks for pointing it out.
As we took a smaller road becausse of cycling, we didn’t see Paule Richon’s carved stone monument which is a pity.
So many wonderful buildings have witnessed man’s inability for peace. A fantastic cycle. I love goat’s cheese tarts, but the cheese is really just too expensive to make them here.
I haven’t looked it up to check but I would be surprised if Maillé was the largest massacre in WWII. My recollection is that it was the second largest in France in terms of numbers killed, after Oradour sur Glane. I’ll check. There is a nice memorial in the local cemetery at Maillé — simple and evocative, basically a list of names on a very big stone, shocking because of the numbers and the multiple members of the same families. Also Paule Richon’s carved stone monument on the turn off to Maillé from the main road.
Most of the goat herds are kept indoors, to make it easier to control intestinal worms. That’s why you don’t see them much.
That’s a stonkingly good dolmen! I assume from your description it is actually a fogou, not a tomb. I’ve never visited it, better put it on the list.
BTW, you didn’t miss anything by not getting in to the chapel at Ste Maure.
Yes, Oradour sur Glane was the single worst atrocity on French soil in WWII.
I wrote about Oradour here and Maillé here.
I’ve added the link to your post.
Hi, sorry about that – “second” is missing. I’ve added it and said second to Oradour. Thanks for pointing it out.
As we took a smaller road becausse of cycling, we didn’t see Paule Richon’s carved stone monument which is a pity.
The information about the dolmen de Boumiers comes from here: http://www.sainte-maure-de-touraine.fr/editorial.php?id=123.
I’m glad we didn’t miss anything by not getting in the chapel. I don’t really want to cycle up that hill again!
Jean-Michel’s camera worked a treat, Rosemary! Your photos are fantastic.
I love the detail on the church – you are right, it really is quite flamboyant.
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So many wonderful buildings have witnessed man’s inability for peace. A fantastic cycle. I love goat’s cheese tarts, but the cheese is really just too expensive to make them here.
So sorry about the nonsense at the top. I cleaned a key and didn’t realise what had happened.