Origin and history

The church Saint-Benoît de Bouzonville-en-Beauce is a religious monument located in the commune of Pithiviers-le-Viel, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Although its name and location are known, the available sources do not specify its construction period or details of its architectural or cultural history. Rural churches like Saint-Benoît played a central role in the lives of local communities.

They served as a place of worship, assembly and identity marker for the inhabitants. In the Centre-Val de Loire, these buildings often reflected the social and religious organization of their time, while at the same time being witnesses to the agricultural and artisanal practices surrounding them.