Things to see and do Lorraine

On the West side, leaning towards Lorraine, you can find the Porte de France. A military style clearly assumed, it bears witness to the Vauban period as well as the Lobau Barracks, for example. At the victory of Louis XIV, it boasts bas-reliefs and a pediment where the king's crest distinguishes itself: crown and trophies taken to the enemy are represented. The presence of pulleys at the level of the lintel shows that there was a drawbridge at the time.

Located on the east side, the Door of Germany is majestically. Dedicated to Louis XIV, it is surmounted by a pediment adorned with two angels bearing the shield of King Sun, remarkable by the presence of a lily. The victories of Louis XIV are also mentioned on both sides of the door by means of sculpted trophies. Translated from German, it reads: «In memory of Goethe's passage to Phalsbourg on 23 June 1770», on a marble plate.

The impressive façade was founded at the time Vauban, 175 metres long, when the walls of the citadel had to be strengthened. The Contiguous barracks, built in pink sandstone, saw many soldiers scroll. Sometimes French, sometimes German, she protected, for more than two centuries, one and passage. The architecture is surprising by its roof dotted with windows and chimneys.

Created by the association "Clément Kieffer" in order to remember the work of the artist and make known all his art, this space is open to everyone. Clément Kieffer, hailed in his time as the champion of rural Lorraine, offers a look of extreme sensitivity to a world today disappeared. The visit allows to discover works by an artist with multiple facets: artist, painter, engraver… but also the tools of the artist, the techniques of engraving and the works to which he participated.

Legend tells that St. Helena would have stayed on the hill of Hérapel around 293, during which the Romans took part in the places. Once gone, the place was feared for a long time, because of the pagan spirit that existed there. Next to the chapel, oral stories evoke the existence of a niche carved in the rock. It would have sheltered a colossal St. Helena statue in person. Today (and if you think about the inhabitants!), it would still be buried somewhere on the strange Colline Hill… But history does not stop there. Over the centuries, the oratory attracted many pélèrins, but also at the beginning of the twentieth century, at the dawn of the First World War. The chapel known for many phases, alternating destruction and reconstruction. Only its natural environment (a rock-dominated cave) and its so-called miraculous source were preserved. In ancient times, but also today, this water net would have curative vertues, especially in healing of pathologies reaching the eyes (blindness) and hair (baldness). Caution, however, is not potable water.

The French Remembrance Museum is located in the village of Moëslains, 2 km from Saint-Dizier, facing BA 113. We're free to discover private collections and various objects related to conflict from 1870 to the present. To see: aircraft door models, letters, road books, weapons and many other things. For further information, please contact Mr. Dillon.

On this commune, La Marne takes its source from a cave bearing the name of a lingon chef, Sabinus, rebel towards the Roman authority. He was chased down by his enemies for nine years, at the end of which he was found and imprisoned in Rome. His wife, Eponine, entered him, begged her grace with Vespasiano, who refused her, and finally got to be executed at the same time as his beloved husband.

When we know that Uberach means «beyond the river», how can we not imagine that the Bertand distillery, which is located on the edge of a river that takes its spring, in the natural park of the Vosges in the North, does not envisage one day producing its own whisky? This is now done because it proposes a Uberach Alsace whisky under the high protection of Saint Wendelin, patron of the village but also prince of Scotland. The Uberach 42,2 ° is the result of an assemblage of a high-malt single malt to 2/3 third in banyuls barrels.

Sublime geological curiosity, this cave of the Jurassic era excavated in the limestone of Givet is one of the attractions of the region opened since 1896. The 9 open rooms allow you to observe many concrete events - animals or characters that come out of the rock - a rock suspended as by magic and a column of 3 million years! Many animal traces have been revealed: mammoth, aurochs and pheasant pheasants. It is also likely that they have received human occupation in prehistoric times. A rather magical place for children, it is recommended to cover well, since the temperature avoids the 9 ° C and put good shoes, to climb the stone staircase. From the Nutons Hall, we get to the Salle du Gouffre, where the first traces of human occupation are found, and then to the Lion Room, which owes its name to the form of a concrete, then to that of the Clair de Lune, the room of Lovers, where one distinguishes the silhouette of a couple. 

A attelage walk: let us dream better to rediscover the "floor of cows"! It is true that after stealing, we have the head in the stars, but with the Dog teams, the head in the stars, you will keep it: because it is a dream that you are going to live awake while crossing the highway's surrounding roads: discover the nearby villages, historical and religious monuments of the surrounding area and legends and local stories telling by the check… unless you prefer a walk in the forest… This is, in any case, an exit that is strongly recommended!

On the Montot coast, 2.5 km from the village was erected in 1857 Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette… This beautiful chapel, naive, simple, was built in the thanks of a miracle that cured Catherine Faivre in 1849 with a paralysis that she suffered for almost 20 years. After being bathed in the Salette waters, she recovered her legs. In addition, the village suffered in 1854 a cholera epidemic (which decimated the region of Chaumont and Langres) and the priest of Villars, Father Carticket, promised the Holy Virgin to dedicate a chapel if the village was spared. There were only a few victims. The village, persuaded to be under the sacred protection of the Virgin, then built its chapel. To see for the frame, the legend and the simple emotion released by the place or for the pilgrimage that is organized there.

He belt the basilica and predisposes at the visit of Saint-Rémi to the historic past. To see: the ruins of the old church Saint-Junien and a garden of medicinal plants.

Vidus originates with Vacon empties and then in the Meuse. This small river offers a pleasant stroll along its banks, which allows you to discover the Cugnot square, the old washhouse and various bridges of the village. Among them, the Roman bridge, made of stones and recently renovated, offers a pretty stop on the waterfront. Probably the most authentic bridge of the village, it was built on the axis Strasbourg Lutèce and was rebuilt in the 18th century. Le Vidus also gave its name to the inhabitants of the village, which are called Vidusiens.