Monuments to visit Lorraine

This column is located on the edge of departmental 933, at the limit of Aisne and la Marne, at the location where Napoleon was held 1 st to order his troops at the Battle of Montmirail - Walking-en-Brie on February 11, 1814. 18 metres high, in Corinthian style, the monument is surmounted by a stone crown on which a golden eagle (1 m 42 of height and 1 m 30 of height for 500 kg weight) to greenhouses supported on a sphere, half-éployées wings and head east. This monument, inaugurated in 1867, was restored in 1913 for the celebration of the centenary of battles in 1958, and in 2014 for the major events commemorating the battles of Napoleon's Campaign of France 1. 

In Fresnois, a small municipality connected to Montmedy, a beautiful castle is located on the outskirts of the village… Its construction began in the th century and continued until the th century. The annexes are original. The architectural style of the ensemble reflects the influence of artistic currents in the th century: the simplicity of the straight lines of the building, that of columns and ornaments that encradent doors and windows, highlights the exhubérance of the steep roofs of slate and their richly decorated windows. The castle, also filled with a garden, has been classified as a historic monument since 1990.

Washing are very present in Haute-Marne, there are everywhere in villages and some are beautiful (143 referenced); Chateauvillain doesn't escape this beautiful rule! Built at the Revolution, the wash-house located on the fountain of the Fountain, features the particularity of being equipped with a floating wooden flooring. Now we can better understand how lavandières, thanks to this ingenious system, can adjust the height of the wooden wooden floor on which they washed.

Superb champagne house restored according to the old methods.

Located 20 m underground, they can be visited with the wax torch. Information at the Tourist Office.

Dating back to 1868, this washing machine is part of those where the brick dominates. You will reach it from the church, continuing the small path with a pump marking the entrance. It is for washing in the form of a closed cage, but it is mainly the two slopes which seem to lock the wash. A rather picturesque place…

It is a place that is often ignored and even more function. The Mussy-sur-Seine cooler consists of a spectacular stone cylinder of 10 m deep and about 7 m in diameter. From the outside, difficult to get a clear idea of the thing. This cooler was in some way the fridge of Langres bishops when they stayed in Mussy during the summer. It is in an excellent state of conservation, rare in France, and is visible upon request at the tourist office.