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Wandering around Trôo a troglodytic village in Centre-Loire Valley, France. Enchanting & fascinating

We visited Trôo in the Centre-Loire Valley in September 2023. It is a delightful and very interesting village and is officially a Small City of Character! Trôo, a troglodytic village consisting partly of cave-dwellings, is one of the prettiest and unusual French village. A picturesque ensemble built on the hillside overlooking the Loir and its valley, the troglodyte town of Trôo is a classified site that you can discover through a maze of small, superimposed paths and streets. Today a refuge for many artists who come to enjoy the beauty and charm of this countryside, a never-ending source of inspiration, a haven of peace, quiet and relaxing, perfect for tourist strolls. Not to be missed: the troglodyte homes on several levels, the pathways, the pedestrian streets, the stairways, St Martin's Collegiate Church (12th century), the petrifying cave, the 45-m deep talking well (echo phenomenon), located in the upper part of the village, the Romanesque church of Saint Martin Trôo is an unmissable place with 6 protected sites listed with the Monuments Français. The village has three terraces with little streets and narrow passages, staircases, caves, cellars… (make sure you have good walking shoes). You can follow an itinerary based on antique postcards and a hiking path. If you wonder how to pronounce it? You can say “tro”. TrôoThe usual explanation of its name is “trou” (hole) because of its caves dug out of the hill, it may be the English or Anjou spelling. Trôo was voted the 7th favourite village of the French in 2020. The history of Trôo oscillates between hours of glory and decline: a privileged geographical site, a territory coveted by the kingdoms of England and France, a resentful Henry IV, a rich city of 5000 souls, religious issues, a population involved in the course of politics. The peaceful twenty-first century sees the emergence of a village where it is good to live, appreciated by tourists, second homes and its inhabitants. Chronology: Prehistory: the origin of a human gathering is very ancient, a combination of assets, proximity to the river, forests full of game, southern exposure and a hill hollowed out with natural caves. Gaulish: appearance of the troglodyte village by the alternation of dry stone dwellings and the development of cellars. Julius Caesar compared the Gauls to rabbits. 1st century AD: the commune is an Oppidum, a form of chief town, a Roman administrative division called Pagus Labricinensis dependent on the City of the Cenomans (Le Mans). Ninth century, the men of the north ravaged everything in their path. To put an end to this destruction, Landry Sore, the Missus Dominicus of Charles the Bald, created a line of fortresses Oucques, Fréteval, Vendôme, Lavardin, Montoire, Trôo and La Chartre. Around the year 1050, the city was fortified by a ring of ramparts flanked by numerous towers, and the Collegiate Church was founded by Geoffroy Martel, Count of Anjou by inheritance, Count of Vendôme and Maine by right of conquest. 1124 Fulk the Young Count of Anjou had the castle, the Louvre, built, a tower with a rectangular base measuring 14 m by 10 m near the largest tomb. Geoffrey Plantagenet, transformed the Collegiate Church and created the Saint Catherine's Maladrerie. 1189 Philip Augustus allies himself with Richard the Lionheart against Richard's father, Henry II. 1188 Philip Augustus attacks Trôo, property of Richard the Lionheart. He burned the lower part of the city. This thriving little town of 5000 inhabitants is declining. 12th century, construction of the second wall enclosure, to the east of the city, following the Gouffrande ravine. Around 1365, Robert Marcault ransacked the district set up in the first enclosure of Trôo, the settlement was never rebuilt, continuing the decline of the commune. In 1515, the county of Vendôme became a duchy by royal decision. At the end of the 16th century, Henri IV dismantled the fortifications of Lavardin, Montoire and Trôo, in order to destroy the strongholds likely to support the slightest rebellion. Eighteenth century, importance of the serge and cotton industry, 1000 to 1200 workers, 40 manufacturers between Montoire and Trôo. Under Napoleon the chapter of the Collegiate Church was dissolved and Trôo was attached to the diocese of Blois. In 1815, after Waterloo and in 1870 with the invasion of the Prussians, the Troians took refuge in the cafforts (fortified cellars). At the end of the nineteenth century, beginning of second homes, Auguste Arnault invites his friends Anatole France, Antoine Bourdelle to stay at his home, in Trôo. In 1921, Antoine Bourdelle offered the town the design of the War Memorial. At the beginning of the twentieth century, second homes were developed. From 1942 to 1944, Troians sheltered children of the Jewish faith, a commemoration took place on September 28, 1996 with the presence of the Hidden Children and their hosts.