Troo
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Trôo is a commune
of the Loir-et-Cher
department in central France
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The village, which is partly troglodytic, is dominated by the collégiale
or Saint Martin's church.
It overlooks the small church of Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets
, known for its Romanesque
wall paintings.
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of the Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher is a département in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher.-History:Loir-et-Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais and...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The village, which is partly troglodytic, is dominated by the collégiale
Collegiate church
In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons; a non-monastic, or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a dean or provost...
or Saint Martin's church.
It overlooks the small church of Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets
Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets
Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Lying on one of the tradititional pilgrimage routes to Santiago da Compostella, across the river from the partly troglodyte hillside of Trôo, its small church of St. James the Great is celebrated for its...
, known for its Romanesque
Romanesque art
Romanesque art refers to the art of Western Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 13th century, or later, depending on region. The preceding period is increasingly known as the Pre-Romanesque...
wall paintings.
Miscellaneous
Trôo has a number of British residents and features in the poetry of Geoffrey GrigsonGeoffrey Grigson
Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson was a British writer. He was born in Pelynt, a village near Looe in Cornwall.-Life:...
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