Chiddes: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Chiddes is located in a green bocage landscape characterized by pastures and crisscrossed by hedgerows, ponds, and deciduous forests. A diverse range of wildlife lives there.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Chiddes can plan their stay directly in the village.

Nature

The mountains of Mont Genièvre and Mont Preneley are located near Chiddes. In the wider regional area are the hills of Mont Tharot and Dardon.

Culture and history

The parish church of Saint-Maurice in Chiddes dates from the 12th century and was remodeled in the 19th century.

The former parish church of Saint-Maurice in Chiddes lost its nave and sacristy at the end of the 19th century; remains of the decommissioned church have been preserved.

In the center of Chiddes, houses line a long street formerly called Rue des Artisans. Wheelwrights, blacksmiths, grocers, and innkeepers once ran their businesses there.

At the lieu-dit of Couloise, an old fortified farm has been preserved, from which the battlefield can be seen.

Notre Dame du Suprême Pardon in Chiddes is a neo-Gothic church.

The ancient site of Bibracte, Mont-Beuvray. Les Grandes Portes is located near Chiddes. Château du Mousseau is a château near Chiddes. The ancient sites of Bibracte, Mont-Beuvray. La fontaine Saint-Pierre and Bibracte, Mont-Beuvray. La Chaume are also located there.

The Moulin de Bousset is a renovated example of the mills that once stood along the La Roche River.

At the Pierre du Pas de Saint-Maurice, granite blocks and a cave preserve the legend of Saint Maurice and his donkey.

Montcharlet and pilgrimage

A 21-meter-high reinforced-concrete structure stands on the summit of Montcharlet.

Montcharlet is a pilgrimage and hiking destination above Chiddes.

Since 1908, Notre Dame du Suprême Pardon has been the starting point for an annual pilgrimage to Mont Charlet. The pilgrimage takes place on a Sunday around September 8.

Other destinations: Montigny-Sur-Canne, Decize, Mhere, Ruages, Vitry-Laché, Anlezy, Moussy, Prémery.

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