Things to see and do Picardie

Built in 1878 on the plans of Séré de Rivières, the Fort of Malmaison was fiercely contested throughout the conflict due to its strategic position. A German cemetery in 1939-1945 is close to the fort.

This is one of the most exciting museums. An essential stop that will captivate young and old alike. Unique site in France, the museum is interested in a period that extends from the ^5th to the 8th century. The atmosphere of the place is particular and the visitor quickly immerses himself in this little-known period. The Museum of Barbarian Times shows archaeological treasures discovered more than 25 years ago in the territory of Goudélancourt-les-Pierrepont. A necropolis of 400 tombs and several isolated dwellings had been discovered there. Today, reconstructions are available and we appreciate the many explanatory panels that guide visitors to the heart of history. Enjoy the immense park that hosts the village of Les Francs, where regularly, great events take place, such as the Viking week or the Roman and Barbarian weekend. Fighting will be presented to you: great show guaranteed!

The monumental work of Jérémy Amate, a young Parisian artist, was made with the black chalk and coal. The gaze of Jaurès spread over 30 m in length and 11 m high. Impressive. In the 100 years of the disappearance of Jean Jaurès, Hirson wanted to pay tribute to the French humanist. In front of the small school that bears the name of the member, this great memorial wall captures attention. A detonating fresco that does not pass unnoticed in the local landscape.

Classified as a historic monument since 6 November 1995, this concrete concrete work of French architect Gustave Umbdenstock and Engineer Raoul Dautry is over 45 metres on six floors. Built in 1920-1921, the tower was a referral station from Hirson station. Art Deco bricks and ceramics complement this magnificent witness of the past. Surprisingly distinctive, its style recalls northern belfries. It is possible to approach the monument as close as possible to impressive photos.

The nature reserve of the Isle of Isle is nature in the heart of the city. A few minutes walk from the centre, the visitor is surrounded by wild and semi-wild nature. Located in a wetland area of approximately hectares, part of which is devoted to water sports and fishing, the reserve presents a wide variety of species in the moving waters, and a particularly rich avifauna of breeding birds or seasonal hosts: butternut, posh, coot, rousserolle, fauvette and, in times of migration, many ducks, sandpipers, curlew… The farmhouse allows visitors to observe chickens, ducks, sheep, peacock, geese, kids, lambs and ponies. A few steps away, the Wild Wildlife protection centre treats injured birds (kept out of the public eye). The Environment House, at the entrance to the park, regularly hosts exhibitions on local fauna and flora. Site tour by a peripheral path, guided every first Sunday of the month.

Like an island between the Ourcq and its canal, the mail is a beautiful walk that belongs to the city of Paris since the th century. The river is bordered by a footbridge built by a young engineer from the city of Paris, unknown at the time, named Gustave Eiffel. On either side of the bridge and the tower belonging to the former city hall, you can see: on the left, the garden of the property of the Sconin, the property of Jean Racine, and the right, the garden of the property Héricart, where La Fontaine is married.

Yes, La Marne, if one sometimes tends to forget it, is one of the most important assets of the commune. A few years before the Revolution, in 1784, when men hijacked it from its original bed to gain ground, the river caused significant flooding, which was repeated in the early th century. The preferred solution was to lift the right bank. But if his relations with man were sometimes tense, they also gave rise to beautiful works, including beautiful bridges, including the one built by François I, with 9 arches.

According to tradition and according to a former document, King Saint Louis would be the founder of the church Notre-Dame de Chambly. Most of this Gothic building dates back to the th century; the choir, the nave, the facade, the small chapel of the Holy Virgin and the th century tower. The nave contains a beautifully sculpted Louis XIV chair. Four turning points, part of an immense polyptyque of antwerp or brabançonne origin, attract many visitors. These components represent St. Gregory's Mass, the Supper, the Judas de Judas, Ecce Homo, the Garden of Olive Trees, Pentecost and Resurrection.

Notre-Dame Abbey was built in 1138 by Raoul IV of Vermandois, Comte de Crépy. If the church we observe today is very different from that of the 40 th century, excavations over the past years have revealed the architectural importance of the parish: a rigorous symmetry, a prominent transept, a basilicale nave and a flat chevet choir (replaced by a apse in the th century). After the Hundred Years War, the abbey is almost entirely restored. The nave passes from five to three spans. The crosspieces are associated with the central vessel thanks to a hanger double arcade back on a circular stack. The abbey is a beautiful example of flamboyant Gothic, as evidenced by the very wide and refined rose facade of its exterior exterior, illuminated under the rays of the sunset sun. The abbey is located outside the village of Bonneuil (access by RD 32 between Fresnoy-la-Rivière and Vez).

Eparpillées in the old town, some houses were occupied by the German bombings of 1940. Just behind the cathedral, those of Racine and Pastour streets built in the th century are, for example, recognisable to their étages floors. It is in the route des Chasse-marée that is the oldest house in Beauvais: judge rather, it dates back to 1410! It was originally located in the rue Oudry, and was completely dismantled to be rebuilt in the 1990 s at the bedside of the cathedral. Today it houses the headquarters of the Association «Maisons paysannes de l'Oise». Also in the episcopal district, the streets of the Tourne-Broche, Abbot-Gellée, School-de-Chant (including the Rodin House in which the sculptor lived for three years) also houses canoniales houses. The beautiful half-timbered houses built in the 27 th century are also numerous on the street of June. It was here that the members of the clergy and the notables were inhabited, while the bourgeois and the workers were relegated beyond the Gallo-Roman walls.

The buildings on General-Foy Avenue are undergoing restructuring. Some barracks become housing, others are allocated to the Regional and Departmental Directorate of Youth and Sports or to the hosting of high-level athletes. If you turn around the island, admire an exemplary architectural success: the transformation of military buildings into a superb house for the reception of dependent elderly people: Les 4 Chênes, rue Lescouvé.

Built around 1500 for the Receiver General for the King's Finances, he became the home of the provincial governors. He will host Louis XIII at the seat of Arras and Louis XIV and his mother, the Queen of Austria at the Sling, where the name everyone knows now. The Logis du Roi is located opposite the courthouse. Until 2003, he housed the faculty of art of Amiens, which is now in the Saint-Maurice district. Unfortunately, he is not that.

Make no mistake about it: you won't find any track cyclists here! In 1897, there was a test track for cycles, built for the Rochet factory, but it was abandoned in 1906 due to multiple floods and replaced by a pond. This one is now a delight for walkers, pedal boat enthusiasts and especially fishermen. The Velodrome campsite offers 75 pitches and 8 motorhome spaces.

The Academic Society, which is essential for historical research as well as the preservation of the local heritage, has housed in its premises a little known museum, which presents an important collection of more than 300 silex, Pointes and Levalllois points, but also microlithes and pointes pointes, or even polished stone axes of the Neolithic.

These lost ruins in the heart of the city centre raise questions. It is in fact an old cloister, listed as a historical monument in 1940, the year of its destruction. In the 17th century, this enclosed space was home to the Grey Nuns, who belonged to the last order of Saint Francis and were named after the colour of their habit. Their days are devoted to contemplation and the search for the divine word. During the Revolution, the place was transformed into a factory, before being destroyed during the Second World War. Today you can still admire the galleries and arcades.

Set in the old mill of the village, this museum presents the result of excavations carried out in the territory of the commune, the Gallo-Roman site. There are also collections of fossils and an exhibition of objects from the excavations of a Gallo-Roman necropolis. Religious art is represented here with his sacerdotal clothes accompanied by objects of worship and piety, and presentation of uniforms of soldiers, officers and civilians from 1870 to the present. The Musée des métiers d'antan re the workshop of the carpenter, the blacksmith, the marshal-farrier. A not miss: a real Ali Baba cave of the 1950 s.