Chapelle de Verniette

Former parish church listed as a Historic Monument. Romanesque chapel in Conlie. It was listed as a historic monument in 1946 for its wall paintings.

This chapel is located in the middle of a garden maintained by the local authority, at the southern entrance to the hamlet of Verniette. The façade of this Romanesque-style chapel features a porch topped by a cross. The square bell tower is located above the porch.
Verniette was a very old parish, united only with Conlie in 1802.

The village is situated at the crossroads of two ancient roads:
- one comes from Conlie and goes as far as the Gallo-Roman relay station at Asnières
- the other is the north-south Roman road from Sillé-le-Guillaume to Neuvy, which runs towards Chevaignés.

The parish was close to the "Chemin Montois", the medieval road that linked Le Mans to Mont-Saint-Michel.

The chapel was built in the 13th century, and its paintings depicting the martyrdom of Saint-Laurent and Saint-Jean-Baptiste have survived to the present day.

Take advantage of the park and picnic table to stop and take a break.