Monuments to visit Champagne-Ardenne

As in the middle of a field, the Dosches mill is worth a visit after a hike in the East Forest Park. This mill, inaugurated in 2007, was entirely designed and realized by the association of windmills with windmills. The purpose: reproduce a pivot mill as there were 140 in the Dawn in the eighteenth century. Functional, it is used by sucker or animators to explain the manufacture of flour at the time. You can then watch the bread at the Dimanches in the countryside. You will first be welcomed in a beautiful barn, where the mill shop is also located. The walk in the garden around the site is also really pleasant. You can plan to spend the whole afternoon there. The association's website is very comprehensive and you will find all the information to prepare your visit.

Construction of more than 150 years. In this lavoir, renovated in 1999 and housed in a museum, there are lavandières scenes of yesteryear, visible from outside. He gets enlightened at night, which gives him another aspect.

A mégalithe built nearly 4 000 years ago, which was more than 7 m high. During excavations undertaken in the 2nd century, it collapsed and broke into pieces. It was restored in 1845 and is now classified as a historic monument.

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 €.

Only this house remains the facade you can see in the courtyard of the old library. Originally located at 7, on rue Flodoard, this building belonged to Louise de Savoie, mother of François I, and the lady of Epernay who loved the city and the Champagne vineyards. It was built in 1520 and burned down in 1544.

Built by Jean I de Dormans in the 14th century, the castle of Dormans has been the domain of illustrious people such as Cardinal Jean II, the Grand Condé or the Marshal de Broglie. Today owned by the city of Dormans, this magnificent building cannot be visited, but you can still admire its architecture by visiting the Memorial of the Battles of the Marne, walking in its beautiful wooded park of 25 hectares and crisscrossing the paths of its garden between its fishing ponds, its rivers, its cascades and its Japanese bridges.

In the heart of a beautiful wooded park of 25 hectares, the old mill of the Château d'en Haut houses one of the largest indoor water wheels in France with its 8 meters diameter. The buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries have been entirely restored and now house a museum on the first floor. You will discover the life of the Champagne region in the last century through a collection of old tools exposed in thematic rooms: the workshop, the cellar, the bakery and the mobile still... A picturesque curiosity to discover!

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.

1748 th century curiosity, Mézières hosted the first School of Engineering, ancestor of the Ecole Polytechnique, in, on the proposal of the Earl of Argenson, Secretary of State for War and Nicolas de Chastillon, commander of the Citadelle-Mézières Citadel. It is located in the old palace of the Tournelles, residence of the Duke of Rethel. 542 military engineers were trained there - among the most famous: Mullet of L'Isle, Lazare Carnot, Coulomb and mathematician Gaspard Monge was a teacher. In October 1791, the engineers met in Mézières, General La Fayette. The school was transferred to Metz in 1793, before being abolished in 1794 and became the prestigious Polytechnic School. The General Council of the new Ardennes department settled in the West Wing in 1790. The prefecture settled there in 1800. The school's premises are still occupied by the Hotel's Hotel (formerly the Ardennes Prefecture).

It has the particularity of preserving young girls from men's the.

Beautiful Renaissance building built after the First World War - 1931 - on the location of the ramparts of the old city.

A staircase of honour gives access to the building, and on the walls of the hall of honour, the paintings of the painter Eugène Eugene Staining, representative Rethel at the beginning of the th century.

On 13 June 1944, in the place of the Father of the Oaks, German soldiers rifle 106 soldiers of the maquis of Manises, young Dino. This monument was erected in their memory.

Registered at the Historical Monuments Inventory, it was in this place that Napoleon signed the surrender of his army on 3 September 1870. Visible from outside only.

Built on Edouard Depaquit's plans, this college follows the former Jesuit college. It was built at the location of a bastion. The pediment of the secondary door is decorated with a work by the sculptor Sedanais, representing Turenne children, sleeping on the lookout for a cannon.

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.

If you're going through the Auboise Champagne, you couldn't go next to these dry stone huts that span the landscape. They are called cadoles, and they form part of the secular cultural heritage of the region. The hiking we offer is possible on foot or in mountain bike, and you will discover a number (exactly). Will you be careful enough to meet them? The departure from Courteron, we recommend a quick visit of the church before leaving.

Tariff: free.

Distance: 9,5 km.

Difficulty: average.

Markup: yellow, white-red, and yellow.

You read well, we call it Venice Green! That puts water in the mouth, isn't it? The municipality of Soulaines-Dhuys has a rich natural and architectural heritage, which we propose to discover via this short walk… without forgetting to remind you that Soulaines also hosts the site of the Andra, responsible for the management of radioactive waste in France. Your starting point: gardens, where bricks are shaped for the construction of rustic tiles and stone tiles. Then go to the Résurgence resurgence (which still feeds the mill), and don't miss the wash wash. A few hundred metres further, admire the Henri-IV bridge: It is the oldest of the city! Saint John Chapel, St. Lawrence Church and the manor house are also part of the program: all this in just one and a half kilometres!

Tariff: free.

Distance: 1,5 km.

Difficulty: very easy.

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. 

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.

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.

The strawberry on the streets of the city undoubtedly deserves a hook towards this beautiful, elegant, sixteenth-century-old building, which includes many exhibitions. Among the few old houses, that of the Pavillon Henri IV is the most mysterious. Legend says that it was within this one that the Gallant Green liked to find his mistress, the beautiful Gabrielle d 'Estrées. The walls have always preserved the secret… program available at the tourist office of Nogentais and the Seine Valley (≈ 03 25 39 42 07). Many exhibitions have been in place since 2001: Philippe Tykoczinski, painter in the Combas vein last year, local artists recently…

Drappier champagnes do not just offer you incomparable wines, they also propose to enter a place steeped in history, the disturbing strangeness: its cellars of the th century, the objective of visiting them alone, inescapable by their beauty and symmetry. In 1116 Saint Bernard imports from Burgundy the black Engineer, ancestor of Pinot, and made several cellars, especially in Urville, properties attached to the great Abbey of Clairvaux that he founded. Upon his death, in 1153, wine production was around 600 000 litres of wine, mainly shipped in barrels, called: " bar wine ". Later, the Drappier house bought the mansions caves. Today it houses a few famous vintages and its largest "vials" (Balthazar, Jeroboam, Melchisédech, etc.).

Behind its vast facade of country stone and land, the long mill, built in 1276, preserved its structure: a chamber of the stones under which the wheels and the transmission trees are carried out and the flour thames. The wooden butterfly is still there. A souvenir of the Count of Champagne, who owned a castle and two three-wheeled mills in Soulaines, this mill is decorated with a traditional lace that borders the basin. The weir is the visitor. The mill is also a guest room and we will be happy to explain how this mill works. The house has preserved this beautiful set and also welcomes your animals. The view is peaceful, with all the charm of the old buildings. You will be 20 km from the Nigloland theme park.

Lydie, Maité, Netty and Nathalie are happy to welcome you in this beautiful, spacious and bright building. they strive to meet your needs and satisfy your curiosity. Whatever your age, you can relax in the magazine area, study in the work room, read with your children or grandchildren in the youth section: the library team is always there to advise you in your choices. Here, there are no fewer than 28 000 documents: books, magazines, CD and CD-Roms are available to visitors. For younger people, more than 2000 albums of all kinds and 350 stories are offered. And for a little larger children, there are more than 1300 novels, 1500 documentaries and 600 youth comic strips plus 160 child Cds.