L'église Notre-Dame de La Roche-Posay

Of the stained-glass windows in my blog post yesterday, the La Roche-Posay tourist office web site says:

...vitraux modernes, réalisés en 1948 et 1949 par Jacques Le Chevallier, maître verrier,

remplacent ceux détruits pendant les violents combats de juin 1940.

Here are some photos of the fortified church in La Roche Posay, which is called Notre-Dame. The church was built in the 11th century and later fortified during the 100 Years' War, in the 15th century. Thanks again to David G., who identified it for me yesterday.

In 2006, when Charles-Henry and I were driving down to Saint-Savin — where he, his brother, and their mother spent some time during World War II — we spent less than half an hour in Notre-Dame de la Roche-Posay. Our next stop would be at the restaurant above. Charles-Henry shed a few tears when he saw it. He said he had enjoyed many meals there with his mother and brother during their time in Saint-Savin. He and I had a good lunch there together.