Saint-Ambroix: Holiday apartments and houses

Saint-Ambroix is part of a Natura 2000 site and also preserves notable traces of its Gallo-Roman and ecclesiastical history. Between river landscapes, historical discoveries and a themed walking route, the town offers a varied setting.

Culture

The surviving hanging from a 17th-century altar canopy in the parish church of Saint-Loup in Saint-Ambroix is also the only surviving 17th-century canopy element in the Cher département. The Moulin de Trompe-Souris is another tangible testimony to the town's history: during a visit, the interior, the mill race and the wheel were viewed.

Nature

The Natura 2000 site “Îlots de marais et coteaux calcaires au Nord-Ouest de la Champagne Berrichonne” also includes Saint-Ambroix. The Arnon and the Théols rivers run through it. Trou au Ragot, a calcareous meadow, lies within this Natura 2000 site.

History

In Gallo-Roman times, Saint-Ambroix was known as Ernodurum; the name means “crossing over the Arnon”. The town lay on the route from Bourges to Argenton/Creuse. Saint-Ambroix acquired its current name after Sanctus Ambroisius, Bishop of Cahors, died there in 770.

Between 1861 and 1921, dozens of stelae were discovered in Saint-Ambroix. The stelae discovered in Saint-Ambroix are now distributed among various museums, including museums in Bourges and Châteauroux.

Walking routes

The circular route “Le village d’Ermodurum” is 13.7 km long and begins at the car park by the Saint-Ambroix village hall. It crosses the Arnon via a bridge and leads through the surroundings of Saint-Ambroix to the entrance of the former Cistercian Abbey of La Prée, located there and founded by Saint Bernard in 1128.

Other destinations: Saint-Germain-Du-Puy, Orval, Bannay, Massay, Thou, Ardenais, Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes, Brinon-Sur-Sauldre.

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