Fougeres 2

Our walk in Fougeres continues...

So we are walking along in Medieval village

Appreciating the peach tree in someone's yard

And the pear tree

And...what's that?

It's the Kiwi House; in France no less; really Thai'd things
together (running gag)

And now we are at the bottom of the valley, at St. Sulpice's
chapel

13th and quite weathered stone

Thus

Don't tread on me (by the door)

The major relic here is Our Lady of the Marshes,
a sculpture found in the swamp as they were enlarging
the church; it's always a wonder the way these things
are found; one wonders also how such things found
their way into the swamp

Thus

Don't tread on me, episode #2

Altar and some of the beautiful wood in this old church

Sainte Viviane

So apparently if your church was deficient in the relic
department, you could order up one from the Vatican; the
Pope or his agent would send someone out into the Catacombs
to fetch some martyr/saint or other; for a price, of course;
I wonder whether they had a catalog; if you could buy parts or
had to get the whole thing...

Another interesting old church