https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/727060 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/105/57/EF/323415.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/727060 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:02:49 +0000 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:02:49 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/35143333 tag:ipernity.com,2014-09-23,doc-35143333 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 22:41:55 +0000 2013-07-01T14:11:04+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/35143333"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/33/33/35143333.3c24abda.240.jpg?r2" width="171" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The "Ermitage Saint-Gerbold" is hidden in the woods between Coutances and the village of Gratot. The construction of first small chapel here was funded by Philippe d’Argouges, Lord of Gratot, in 1403. Enlarged and fortified over the time, this was a hermitage upto the French Revolution, when it was sold as National Property.<br /> <br /> In the early 19th century, it was in the possession of the Argouges-family again, but was again sold, after the last hermit died in 1830. USed as a barn and later abandoned it fell in ruins, but was saved and finally restaurated in 2000.</div> Gratot - Ermitage Saint-Gerbold <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/35143333"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/33/33/35143333.3c24abda.240.jpg?r2" width="171" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The "Ermitage Saint-Gerbold" is hidden in the woods between Coutances and the village of Gratot. The construction of first small chapel here was funded by Philippe d’Argouges, Lord of Gratot, in 1403. Enlarged and fortified over the time, this was a hermitage upto the French Revolution, when it was sold as National Property.<br /> <br /> In the early 19th century, it was in the possession of the Argouges-family again, but was again sold, after the last hermit died in 1830. USed as a barn and later abandoned it fell in ruins, but was saved and finally restaurated in 2000.</div> Martin M. Miles