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The route starts at Place du Cloître; if you are coming by car, you can park in the collegiate church car park on Rue Guillaume d'Harcourt.
(S/E) Enter the square through the upper gate and visit the collegiate church and its adjoining cemetery. Situated almost in the centre of the square, the 88-metre-deep well is fed by groundwater.
(1) The Saint-Louis Collegiate Church was built in the 14th century by Guillaume d’Harcourt to house the thirteen canons charged with praying for the repose of his soul. Theadjoining cemetery isthe final resting place ofseveral illustrious figures from Saulcé, such as Pierre Falcot and the first wifeof AndréMaurois, who died in 1924.
Take a look at some of the notable buildings, such as the former town hall and the bell-ringer’s house, a traditional half-timbered building with a bell on its façade.
Leave Place du Cloître via the lower exit, crossing the car park to reach the D26.
(2) Follow it to the left for 20 metres and turn right onto Rue Gustave Hue opposite the butcher’s shop.
Take the first street on the right, Rue de Bostenney, before turning left onto Rue du Manoir Saint-Nicolas; at the roundabout, continue straight ahead and then turn right towards the Manoir Saint-Nicolas.
(3) At the entrance to Clos Saint-Nicolas stands a beautiful 19th-century mansion. Émile Herzog, better known as André Maurois, lived in this house. An industrialist from Elbeuf of Alsatian origin, he lived in La Saussaye with his wife and children from 1919 to 1926. In the 19th century, a large farm stood on this property; the outbuildings are still visible. Continue along the gravel path into the park to reach the old barn and its wooden structure housing an old wine press.
(4) Retrace your steps to the junction between Rue de Bostenney and Rue de la Pommeraie. Then take this street on the left.
(5) At the roundabout by the La Pommeraie residence, you can admire a magnificent mansion with its French-style garden and a pond. La Pommeraie was built in the late 19th century by a cloth merchant from Elbeuf. Long before running water arrived in the village, it had its own water collection and distribution system serving all floors.
Continue along Rue de la Pommeraie until you reach the junction of the circular route you passed on the way out.
(2) Turn left onto the D26, then right onto Rue Guillaume d'Harcourt to return to the starting point (S/E).
The lawn bordering Rue Guillaume d'Harcourt is the venue for the annual Saint-Louis festival, the village festival held on the last weekend of August.
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