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Monument d'Auvours walks
The Auvours hill in Yvré-l'Evêque
Visorando Member
5.30 mi
+541 ft
-525 ft
2h 55
Easy
Departure from Yvré-l'Évêque (Sarthe)
An easy walk, 50% of which follows a path around the Auvours hill, which witnessed the War of 1870, where a tragic battle claimed 617 lives on 10 and 11 January 1871. Many mementoes of this war are housed in the church at Yvre, where one chapel is dedicated to the Papal Zouaves.