Vieux Chateau des Deffays
SILLE-LE-GUILLAUME
This church is the only evidence of the presence of the Templar Order in the Vendée in the early 12th century.
With its long pier and walls of massive granite blocks, the "Vieux Môle" jetty ("Old Jetty") has been a landmark for so long (more
Transept type dolmen (3000 BC), meaning it has a church like form. A corridor, a room at the end and two rooms on the side.
Free admission.
The foundation stone was laid in 1650.
Two legends are attached to this monument: