Parks & GardensParks & GardensLe Chêne
Valorbiquet
🌳The oak was planted around 800 AD
⛪Two small chapels, one ground level and one up the spiral stairs
📍In Allouville-Bellefosse, near Rouen
Climb a spiral staircase wrapped around a 1,100-year-old oak to find a tiny chapel tucked inside its hollow trunk. This living tree has sheltered pilgrims since the 1600s and still sprouts leaves each spring.
Ancient oak tree
Hidden rural gem
Tiny sacred space
Living architecture
Parks & GardensParks & GardensLe Chêne
Valorbiquet
🌳The oak was planted around 800 AD
⛪Two small chapels, one ground level and one up the spiral stairs
📍In Allouville-Bellefosse, near Rouen
Climb a spiral staircase wrapped around a 1,100-year-old oak to find a tiny chapel tucked inside its hollow trunk. This living tree has sheltered pilgrims since the 1600s and still sprouts leaves each spring.
Ancient oak tree
Hidden rural gem
Tiny sacred space
Living architecture