Boucle de Vernon-le-bas
Enjoy the authenticity of Sologne's natural and architectural heritage with this pretty 12 km loop in "Sologne des rivières", lined with fragrant broom and flowering heather.
Welcome to the "Sologne des rivières" for this rural hike starting from Souesmes.
Bordered by the "Petite Sauldre", the commune stretches over 12 kms, a vast expanse where farmland and meadows alternate with woods and forests, moors and heather, ponds and streams making up a variety of ecosystems.
Occupied since the Neolithic, then "motte gauloise", the locality became Gallo-Roman.
In 634, the bishop of Auxerre founded an oratory dedicated to the cult of St Julien, the present church which houses a Merovingian sarcophagus
Built from the 15th century, surrounded by water, the castle fully illustrates the Solognese architecture with its brick construction.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the village followed the typical tradition of the local tile works and acquired a mixer driven