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    Saint-Michel  church

    The present church stands over a smaller church erected in the 11th and 12th C.; the present choir is the only part of its remaining.
    It probably suffered damages during the Hundred Years' War and the Religion Wars, and in the same way that the other churchs in La Ferté was pillaged and left in ruins in 1562.
    In the 17th C. it was reshaped by the addition of a transept; then in 1845 the nave was lengthened while a new gate was opened on the western side. Yet the arch of the former opening in the South transept is still
    to be seen.
    The chapel of the Virgin, added in the late 1660-1670’s, was the private chapel of the château. Its gates, to-day out of service, are presently condemned. They enabled the household of the château to enter by that
    side.
    During the 1941-1944 years, a deep reshaping of the wood-work and of the inner structure made the building what it is to-day.

    A crucifixion, several polished wood statues (Saint-Aignan, Saint-John and Saint-Michel) a statue of Saint-Roch, carved oaked choir stalls from the beginning of the 18th C. as well as the font are registered in our National Heritage.
    The present choir and the altar were modified in 1966 according to the liturgy decided during Vatican II.