Concremiers is a small town of about 650 people and 400 houses on the banks of the Anglin, in the Brenne. We went there recently because we were on the hunt for a nearby castle, and were charmed by the centre of town. Just about its only claim to fame is that the painter Gustave Courbet spent some time here in the mid-19th century and produced at least one landscape of the area. Here are some photos that we took a couple of weeks ago.
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The ever lovely River Anglin.
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A dinky little watermill on the Anglin.
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A barn or longère.
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A coat of arms above the church door.
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The door inside the church to the belfry, typically very narrow. The carved door surround looks early Renaissance (mid-15th to mid-16th century).
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A private garden.
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A very Golem like gargoyle on a corner of the church roof.
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Side entry to the church. The door surround looks contemporary with the belfry door, in that early Renaissance Italianate style.
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We were amused by the juxtaposition of the current public toilets directly opposite a medieval jakes (toilet -- suspended over what I can only assume is a later door!)
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8 comments:
"a medieval jakes (toilet -- suspended over what I can only assume is a later door!)"
Deliberately positioned to allow boiling oil to be poured on unwanted door-to-door salesmen
But presumably you have to lull them into a false sense of security by pretending to be interested, to give you time to boil the oil...
Tim and Susan, LOL!
Lovely small town, Susan. I agree on the last photo!
I had never heard of the term "jakes" until now and don't think that if I had noticed it I would have realised it was a toilet!
There is quite an obvious one in the clocktower at Chinon. Check it out next time you visit.
Yes, it seemed a nice small town.
Mwahahahahaha! I can think of worse things that you could have in containers on standby.... none of them associated with people
Exactly. Who is going to waste expensive and impractical oil?
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