Things to see and do Champagne-Ardenne

Located in the tower (sixteenth century) of the ancient castle of Biesles, at the corner of the streets of the Castle and Fort-Maison, this museum, of which you pay the guided tour, displays through a collection of over 900 objects the past of the commune and region, as well as the archeological heritage with vestiges discovered in the Crypt of the church. Dummies, dressed in time clothing, retrace the true reality, with careful details and accessories. Prints and photographs complete this gallery on three levels.

This ethnographic museum is dedicated to forest professions in Reims Mountains and to forest life in the th and th centuries, illustrated by tools, documents, photographs… At the same time, the thematic exhibition proposes to follow a course. Contact at the Regional Natural Park of Reims Mountain: Nanteuil Road - POURCY 03 26 59 44 44. E-mail: [email protected].

It was built by François Nicolas Lancret between 1787 and 1790 in the Louis XVI style with a roof at the Mansart. You will notice on the triangular pediment the figuration of the city's weapons. The hall offers beautiful proportions, you will notice a magnificent staircase with a double revolution. Very close to the city centre, you can discover the beautiful city halls of the Baltard art. Long hidden to the public, they have been restored, we can visit the interior, especially on the market days, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

In this exhibition store, on 400 m 2, over 1 000 pieces show the works of the art foundry: fireplaces, wood oven, lights and lanterns, fountains, garden benches…

It is the association of friends of the Wassy train station who informs on this retro train, style 40-50. It circulates on the line of the Blaise Railway: Eclaron/Wassy/Doulevant. Departures are done by appointment

The ponds of Reynel represent a Eden for fishermen. Located next to the castle, they are lined with wood and the landscape is not only admirable but also, so peaceful! Professionals agree on these two strengths: calm and framework. All year round and 24 h/24, you can throw your canes in order to tease the pike (minimum 60 cm), gardons plump and coveted carp. Do if you have fishing as a leisure!

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.

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.

The library of Nogent has several interests: it is first a place of memory of the character whose name it bears: Bernard Dimey, poet, lyricist, author of songs that became legendary such as "Syracuse". In mid-May, a festival of poems and songs is organized in his honour, as we regret, a small part of passionate. The library, with its bourgeois and contemporary façade at a time, offers you a room dedicated to music and cinema, a reading room children and adults, a cyber-base and finally, the so-called «Cellar in Bernard». In a vaulted room you can see exhibitions, films, concerts, intimate shows… A cultural place that imposes a policy of sharing!

If you go through this charming village, go to the Lavoir washing house. It is very original. Built in 1878 by Mr. Tiriot, then mayor and carpenter, this washer has a remarkably impressive configuration since it is half-spherical. Its charpente-shaped frame of vessel, concentrated around a unique punch. Its structure has a seven-sided roof. This wash was created to allow the ladies to wash their linen (before it had to take 3 kms to go to the fountain of the virgin in the forest) and irrigate the animals. In summer, it is flowered, like the whole village, and becomes a bucolic and refreshing place.

Préfecture de la Haute-Marne, the city of Chaumont is surrounded by forests and parks which make it an ideal place to walk. And why not start with a discovery of the center? A tour plan is available at the tourist office to guide you through the city in 17 steps. The walk begins in the square Philippe-Lebon and takes you to the point of view on the bastion, giving you an overview of the medieval heritage of the city. Then you will get down to the dungeon and Saint John Basilica before you reach the square at Le Havre. From here a detour to the peace fountain and City hall will bring you back to your place of departure.

Tariff: free.

Duration: 2 h.

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This dolmen located 5 km south of Nogent, in the forest of Lardigny, near the ancient Roman path (CD 1), on the outskirts of Vitry-les-Nogent, is inscribed in the supplementary inventory of historical monuments. " Stone stones "carry on the horizontal side a cavity that retains rainwater. Made by man or natural? Mystery! Traditions also say that they were used to collect the blood of the victims sacrificed or offerings. But we now know that they belonged to a whole funeral body and that they were most often linked to burial, buttes of land where the bodies of the deceased were deposited. It also appears that an illustrious warrior was buried there.

The route of the upper Meuse valley goes to the great figures of history such as Louise Michel, the brothers Goncourt and Camille Flammarion. Goncourt is initially a village, halfway between the Meuse and Lorraine. The Meuse takes its source in Pouily-en-Bassigny at 409 meters above sea level. Enjoy the beautiful scenery around the nascent river. In just a few tens of kilometers, you will discover a whole local heritage. We go to Fresnoy, we make a hook up to Morimond Abbey before returning to Choiseul and his beautiful twelfth century church. A passage through the site of the Mothe, then we find the downstream Meuse to go back to the D 74. Goncourt, then Bourmont, after a small detour by Vroncourt-la-Côte to salute Louise Michel, Clefmont and then Montigny-le-Roi. The chief of the Val has a heavy past. Property of the Count of Champagne, he sees a castle in xiiie, becomes Montigny-le-Roi when his lord is crowned king of Navarre.

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.

Meeting the fountains and washing of yesteryear, carried by the scents of flowers, we visit and discover the streets of the village of Oger. A pleasant and interesting tour. Several formulas are proposed to you: visit of the village, cellars and beautiful presses, meals in the La Milanière reception lounge and champagne tasting, for example. Beautiful discoveries to make and a good day in perspective.

It is in Joiselle, in a very old barn that you discover and admire this collection of ancient costumes and garments of all beauty. Thanks to this exhibition, we travel in time and in colours according to themes such as the history of silk. Here? it is Marie-Gabrielle Gérémia who gives you a guided tour and who tells you the magnificent masterpieces that she herself performs passionately.

Set in a church of the th century, the treasure of the place dates from the th century: The Flemish altarpiece in hard wood or carved and painted oak illustrates the flamboyant Gothic style. This is an admirable work at the German school in Nuremberg, done in Antwerp. Visit: 3 €.