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.

When the Saint Aubin church in Le Louroux Béconnais was burnt down by the Chouans in 1794, who stormed it to dislodge the Republicans, the construction of a new church was considered. The large-scale 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 consecrated on 30 September 1867. The stained glass windows in St Aubin's Church, begun in 1860, evoke the French Revolution by telling the story of Noël PINOT, a refractory priest from the parish. He was tried and executed in 1794. In the church, you can see the document of Noël PINOT's trial and the bread bin in which he hid.