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The Priory Notre-Dame de Chenusson, located in Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines en Indre-et-Loire, is a historical monument whose buildings form a small hamlet. Founded in the 16th century, it now retains its prioral home, a one-storey building divided into three rooms. One of these houses a pilaster and carved lintel Renaissance window, as well as a monumental fireplace decorated with a painting depicting the Madonna nursing the Child under the gaze of St Joseph. These architectural elements, typical of the Renaissance, bear witness to the artistic and religious importance of the place at that time.

The church of the priory has now disappeared, but the two windows of the façade and the 16th century chimney were protected by an inscription to the Historical Monuments on 12 March 1935. This classification highlights remarkable architectural details, such as the Renaissance capitals of the chimney leggings or carved patterns of frames. The site, although partially preserved, offers an overview of monastic life and religious art in Touraine at the Renaissance.

The location of the priory, reported as approximate (accuracy level 5/10), places the remains at the address " 229 Chenusson" in the commune of Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines. This monument illustrates the heritage of rural religious establishments in the Centre-Val de Loire, often integrated into the local landscape as hamlets in their own right. Its prioral home, though modest, reflects the role of the priories as centres of spiritual and administrative life in the French countryside of the sixteenth century.

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