Église Saint-Aubin - Le Louroux-Béconnais

The church of Saint-Aubin in Le Louroux-Béconnais, a small village in the heart of the Anjou Bleu region, is a beautiful building dating from the 19th century.

Following the burning of the church of Saint-Aubin in Le Louroux-Béconnais in 1794, during clashes between the Chouans and the Republicans, the construction of a new religious building was quickly envisaged. This ambitious project, designed to accommodate over a thousand worshippers, was entrusted to the Angevin architect Dussouchay. Reconstruction work began in 1860. Partially inaugurated in 1863, the church was officially consecrated on 30 September 1867. The stained glass windows in Saint-Aubin church, begun in 1860, evoke the French Revolution through the fate of Noël Pinot, a refractory priest from the parish who was tried and executed in 1794. Inside, visitors can discover the original document of his trial and the bread bin in which he hid, moving witnesses to this troubled period in local and national history.