Little-known treasures and picturesque stories : a true voyage of discovery of the riches of the Département of the Eure et Loir, along the Wheat Road.
Do you know the secret language of the windmills ?

History great and small : diverse themes...

0 The Château d'Auneau, a 14th century masterpiece
1 Béville Le Comte, the 19th century Beauce farm, life and trades of olden times
2 The Ouarville Windmill, how a windmill works and the work of the miller
3 Moutiers en Beauce, one of the Most Beautiful Flowered Villages of France, a village festival, the Beauceron Dialect
31 Voves, a French Concentration Camp from the era of the German occupation, its organization, and escapes
32 Ymonville, the windmill, Beauce sheep, shepherds and their shelters, and the legend of the Beauceron Dogs
33 Le Puizet / Janville, the great battles of the Middle Ages, Thierry la Fronde
34 Toury, the sugar factory, manufacturing sugar, the transformation of the beet, the legacy of industry in the region.
4 Orgères, the House of Beauce, the life of farmers today in Beauce, the origin of the name Beauce
5 Loigny-La-Bataille, the historic charge of the Zouaves Pontificaux and General de Sonis, the crushing defeat of winter 1870
6 Château de Villeprévost, the gardens of the Château nicknamed Little Versailles, the interrogation of the highwaymen in the Orgère gang.
60 The Abbey of Nottonville, its history and that of the Moirmoutier Monks
61 Ozoir le Breuil, Frouville Pensier Windmill, its restoration
62 Romilly sur Aigre, and the Ferté Villeneuil, the construction of its hospital in the17th century, the inspiration of Emile Zola's novel "The Earth" by the village
63 Cloyes sur le Loir, a river charged with history, the depart of the terrible Children's Crusade
64 Montigny le Gannelon, the Château and legend of the Lady of Montigny,
65 Douy, the Courgain Watermill, the difference from windmills, bread in popular expressions
66 Châteaudun, the Château of Jean de Dunois, the art of living during the Middle Ages and the gastronomy of princes, the Museum of Fine Art
67 Bonneval, the fortified city and the Monks of the Abbey, the Venice of Beauce and its ponds
68 Bois de Feugères, the windmill, the language of the sails, from the mill to the dinner plate : the production of hard wheat, the recipes of grand chefs.





To help reveal her treasures and share her secrets : these interviews…

SERGE DUFOUR, retired farmer, describes work on the farm in the old days.
CLAUDE CHATIN, from the Regional Association of the Friends of the Windmills of Beauce, explains the mechanism of the windmills and describes the life of the miller…
SIMONE FAUVET, author of a book on the Beauce dialect published by Editions Royer, reveals several vivid country expressions
PHILIPPE LIROCHON, Farmer, Founder of the Wheat Road, retraces the extraordinary evolution of farming over the last century
GENEVIÈVE FOUGERON, descendant of Judge Fougeron, opens the door of Petit Versailles to us, revealing the gardens, classified an historical monument
BERNARD GUERNET, member of the House of Beauce, tells of the charms of the Conie valley
Etienne Egret, Secretary of the Committee of Memory of the Voves Camp, recounts the "Great Escape" from the Voves camp
ANDRÉ MIGDAL, former Resistant, interned in the Voves camp, tells of his life in the camp
ETIENNE COUDIÈRE, President of the Association of the Ymonville Windmill, recounts the disappearance of the windmills of his village
JACQUES GUILLAUMIN evokes the great sheep fairs of Beauce
ANDRÉ GEJOU, former employee of the Toury sugar factory, explains how working there passed from father to son
MARCEL JOLOU, Director of the Toury enlightens us on the treasure of the Sugar Beet
GILLES DEPUSSAY, President of the Association to Preserve the Frouville Pensier Windmill, tells of its restoration
EMILE, an inhabitant of Ferté Villeneuil, speaks lovingly of nature in the Aigre valley
GASTON BRILLANT, President of the Dunoise Archeology Society and former journalist in Châteaudun, recounts the passage of Emile Zola in Beauce
MAURICE DEBRÉE, miller of a watermill, reveals his secrets
SOPHIE BRUNIAU, Curator of the Châteaudun Museum, describes the treasures of its collection
MONSIEUR GUILLEMEMIN, history enthusiast, describes the legendary jealousy between the Monks and the Lords of Bonneval
PIERRE BOUDIER, Curator of the Bonneval Museum of Natural History, explains the ponds of Beauce
LUC BAUDIN of the Association to Preserve the Peulard Windmill, decodes the language of the windmill's sails
JACQUES DOUCÉ, President of Agralis, recounts the story of the invention of Ebly wheat
JEAN FRANÇOIS LUCHEZ, Chef of the Aux 3 Pastoureaux Restaurant in Châteaudun, and BENOÎT PASQUIER Chef of the Restaurant Le St Hilaire in Chartres, give us a few recipes



… and these encounters

PETRARCH, Italian Poet, and LAURE DE NOVES, his muse, FREDERIC MISTRAL AND ALPHONSE DAUDET, writers and poets in Provence, MONSIEUR AND MADAME X, "Indian" clothmakers, OLIVIER MESSIAEN, musician
MONSIEUR AND MADAME JAQUEMART, bell-ringers, GÉRARD PHILIPE, actor, MOLIÈRE AND CORNEILLE, dramatists, FERNANDEL, storyteller, AND THE PEOPLE OF AVIGNON…

20 Stages to discover and hear history… and its stories.
Commentaries read by actors with re-enactments, interviews, music…
Each Stage is a complete audio production of about 4 minutes.
Allovisitâ audio directions guide you along the circuit and from one stage to the next by car.