Chécy, Friends of the vine (Translation in progress)

St. Peter's Church, of Gothic style, was built between the 12th  and 16th century and officially recorded as historical monument in 1908.
The bell tower - one of the most massive in the region - is the oldest element of the building and would be the only remnant of an earlier Roman building, now disappeared. The nave composed of four bays with aisles and a transept with two chapels contains some works classified as remarkable objects while important…

Housed in a former wine farm, in townheart, the cooperage museum presents the different stages of barrelmaking, as well as tools relating to cooperage and wine growing, winemaking and wine storage.
From May to October, during every season, temporary exhibitions and animations are hosted by the museum,such as St. Vincent festivities, Heritage Days, Museum Night,Joan of Arc celebrations, appointed Heritage visits and workshops…

Joan of Arc, during her historic journey, was constantly reminding the divine origin of her mission: To raise the siege of Orleans and lead Charles VII to Rheims for coronation. Her attested passage at Chécy in 1429 comes within the framework of such mission on her way at the head of an army and a supply convoy in order to break the siege of Orleans.
The City Council in 1856 established that on every last Sunday of April commemorative festivities…

The canal of Orleans is a former navigable waterway flowing entirely within the department of Loiret. With a length of just under 80 km, this canal connects the Loire to Loing and Briare canals, and by so, is able to provide continuous waterway between Orleans and Paris to the North and to Briare and center- France canals to the South. A first section was excavated by Robert Mahieu between Vieilles-Maisons-sur-Joudry and Buges from 1676 to 1687 and opened to wood and coal transportation.
Drilling canal operations up to river Loire were undertaken from 1681 to 1687 with inauguration taking place in 1692. From 1692 to 1793 the channel activity was booming with, every year, some 1500 to 2000 boats sailing upstream from Nantes to reach Paris City. In 1793 the channel became National property. From 1807 to 1860, the two lines of water were…

As a town founded in ancient times, Orleans was a Gallic stronghold and one of the main cities of the Carnutes tribe, whose annual gathering of the Druids remains famous.
As docks of Loire-boatmen corporation, it was destroyed by Caesar in 52 BC. and then rebuilt the Roman way. The town has always been a strategic point of passage on the Loire as it is located the furthest to the North, thus closer to Paris; at the border of the plains of Beauce and Sologne forests…

Initiated 2000 years ago at Nantes by the Romans, the vineyards of Loire could pread in the 4th century under the impulse of St.Martin and his followers. Today, it represents a large production area involving four winegrowing regions (Pays Nantais, Anjou, Touraine & Centre)
Producer of dry or semi-dry, sweet or even syrupy Whites, Reds & Rosés, sparkling wines, the Loire vineyard covers 70,000 ha with an output of 4 million hl per year…

The Orleans wine is produced in the three colours over 13 cities of Orleans urban area.
In the 6th century, the monks of Micy abbey were already producing wine. In late middle ages, the vineyard was part of the royal domain and knew an important extension ranging from Châteauneuf/Loire up to Beaugency, by way of a quasi-monoculture developed in order to supply Paris with wine, in large quantities indeed, but let’s admit, of a rather low quality…