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Saint Amand en Puisaye – 34 mn to South-East

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Saint Amand Puisaye is one of “Cities and Crafts.” Amidst rolling countryside, the craftsmen of  the “birthplace of pottery,” their boutiques, many workshops will welcome you. The museum  musée du Grès (36 Grande Rue, 58310 Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, Téléphone :03 86 39 71 43), housed in a Renaissance castle, will delight with a collection of  stoneware utilities depicting four centuries of history, and the  Maison de la Mémoire potière.

Ferrières en Gatinais – 40mn to North

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Former Benedictine Royal Abbey
Let us guide you through the streets full of charm! They lead to the Porte Saint-Mace in the old quarter of the fishery, with its laundry and tanning mill, 17° c. houses in the historic center, the old city walls, and even the two buildings classified Historic Monument : The 12 ° c. St. Peter- St. Paul Abbey and nearby the monastic buildings (chapter house, refectory of the monks, chapel of St. Elizabeth, barn dimes) and the sanctuary of Our Lady of Bethlehem from 9th to 12th centuries, where is held an annual pilgrimage.

Maison des Métiers d’Art de Ferrières

Exhibition and meetings place, discussions, events around these “passion trades “, and the women and men performing them.

 

 

 

 

 

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