Èvre and Calvary in La Chapelle-du-Genêt

(S/E) Depart from the church square and follow the blue markings.

(1) Facing the church, turn left onto Rue du Grand Logis. Pass in front of the cemetery and then turn right. Follow this path for about 300 m. At the crossroads, turn left for 50 m and then turn right onto the sunken path that descends to the Èvre and the Petit Moulin.

(2) Continue along the Èvre.

(3) At the T-junction of the road leading down to Moulin Chevreau, turn left and head back up towards Chapelle-du-Genêt. Pass the Ormeau cross. Continue to the right, leaving the cross on your left for 170 m, then take the stone path opposite, cross the D 756 with caution and continue straight ahead on the dirt track for 300 m.

(4) Turn left and walk along the fields. Cross the hamlet of La Vignardière and Rue de Vrennes, continuing straight ahead. 150 m after passing the last buildings, take the path on the left, walking alongside the houses and around a reservoir. Then follow the tree-lined path and turn left, walking alongside fields and houses.

(5) When you reach the road, turn right towards Croix Deniau. Continue, passing between the Maison des Loisirs and the football pitch, then turn right 150 metres further on to join the D 146 road.

(6) Turn left towards the Cuma building, then turn left and continue along the stone path to the road. Then turn right towards the Riffaudière farm. After the farm, in the bend, take the dirt track on the left and continue straight on to La Gagnerie 800 metres further on.

(7) At the intersection, turn left and go up alongside the farm to the Croix de l'Épinay, then turn left. Continue to the Grand Boulay farm 700 m further on and continue to the road. Head right towards the village, passing the Croix de Bourré (on the left) and the Bellamy factory further on.

(8) Go around the roundabout, pass through the La Source industrial estate and turn right onto Rue du Patis, then walk past the Patis farm on the left. Continue along the dirt track for 600 m. Turn left onto the road to La Thébaudière.

(9) At La Thébaudière, continue straight on towards the village and take Rue du Logis.

(1) Turn left at the church (S/E).

Deniau Cross: this is a commemorative cross from the Vendée Militaire of 17 April 1994. It commemorates Marie-Christine Gaultier, née Deniau, and Pierre Moreau, who were shot at the Avrillé martyrs' field on 18 January 1794 and 10 February 1794 respectively.
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Croix de l'Epinay: this cross was part of an important seigneury, the Epinay-Greffier, which belonged to the family of the same name in the 11th century, where the monks of Saint Serge d'Angers held rights. In 1630, Jacques Bézot became the owner of the seigneury and had the year 1630 and his initials engraved on the bottom of the cross.

Bourré Cross: it stood in the middle of the old cemetery and was transferred to the new cemetery around 1859, before being dismantled in 1889. The farmer of Bourré asked for the favour of owning it, considering it an honour to erect it on his land. On the first Sunday of October 1889, the day of the rosary, a parish procession was held after vespers to proceed with its blessing.