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Piacé: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Accommodation in Piacé

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Art and Architecture

In Piacé, the Piacé le radieux art trail features 60 works, including micro-architectures, sculptures, and installations. The trail is accessible year-round. Piacé le radieux is an art center for contemporary art, architecture, and design and is connected with a utopian project by Le Corbusier and Norbert Bézard.

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The temporary exhibitions at Piacé le radieux are located on the ground floor of the Moulin de Blaireau. The Moulin de Blaireau is a former grain mill dating from the 18th or 19th century. Its garden contains the Grange noire, a former sheep barn that hosts exhibitions, performances, readings, and concerts.

Those who choose Piacé as a place to stay may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Historic Sites

The Chapelle priorale Saint-Léger in Piacé is listed as a historic monument; it was listed on November 28, 1988. The Chapelle Saint-Léger is a 13th-century chapel on the site of a former priory dependent on Saint-Vincent Abbey in Le Mans.

The Notre-Dame Church is also part of Piacé’s historic character: it combines an original section from the 11th and 12th centuries with a 19th-century Neo-Romanesque section.

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Landscape and Trails

The “vallée de la Bienne” footpath is one of the hiking trails listed in Piacé. The Bienne Valley is listed in Piacé as a landscape element of heritage interest. Likewise, the Île du Moulin area in Piacé is listed as a landscape element of heritage interest. One footpath is classified in Piacé as an ecologically interesting feature.

Other places to choose from: Dissay-Sous-Courcillon, Saint-Rémy-De-Sillé, Aigné, Vallon-sur-Gée, Courdemanche, Vinay, Sainte-Osmane, Tresson.

To the main travel overview: Sarthe.

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