Things to see and do Picardie

Located at the foot of the Tour tower, you will find all the appropriate documentation on the engineer and aviator maurice Maurice Bellonte, on the @ Museum and the Tabletterie, or on the church of Saint Lucia and its very beautiful polychromée piétà dating from the 9 th century, but also with practical information on the market that is held on Friday and Saturday morning from 12 a. m. to p. m. on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.

This is the new place of exposure in Compiègne. It lies in the heart of the soothing walk of the Little, quietly reported from the rue du Dahomet, which leads to the imperial palace. The wall was built from white stones, some dating back to the Carolingian era. There is also the oldest church in Compiègne, dating from the th century: decommissioned for centuries, it underwent extensive restoration. The polychrome remains of the eardrum can be admired.

A good plan if you think you stay a few days on Compiègne because this passport allows you to return free to the Figurine Museum, to the Vivenel Museum, to the Memorial of the Internment and Deportation of Royallieu and to the Mémorial Clearing of the. You will also benefit from a reduction in the Imperial Palace, at Pierrefonds Castle, a 20-minute flight from Margny-lès-Compiègne, the renting of a boat on Pierrefonds lake, the rental of a bicycle in Compiègne, the Bowling Laser of Jaux, Lili's world in Jaux or the Treetop park of Old Mill.

This regional resource centre on the album and illustration is located on the mezzanine of the new library Jean Moulin de Margny-lès-Compiègne. Thanks to Janine Kotwica, scientific advisor to the centre who was a friend of André François, the centre has recovered many works from the artist who has shown themselves in the magazine covers (Télérama, Le Nouvel Observateur, The New Yorker), in commercials, film posters or even illustrated albums like his famous bestiary with Vincent Pachès, where the animals are being put into the situation as a situation. in La Fontaine fables. In addition to the preservation of the works of André François (who were the rare survivors of the terrible fire that ravaged his workshop in 2002), the centre is dedicated to hosting temporary exhibitions, around youth ilustration.

Equestrian Association of Verneuil-en-Halatte - Association for Leisure Lovers of Equestrian Tourism

In the image of La Villette, here is an area of animation and discovery to make the sciences alive and playful! Internships are organized during the school holidays, but also for any public starting 3 years. Science Day (October), Star Night (August) or Cinema-Science are part of the business time. Among the animations proposed in the year, themes in fashion: scientific inquiry into scenes of crime or science on the plate. Please note, reservations are mandatory for workshops, visit the site.

Until the Revolution, this priory was a dependency of the abbey of Beaubec the River (Seine-Maritime). See for its sculpted galleries which date back to the end of the th century representing the vegetable, animal and human kingdoms as well as several allegorical scenes (a half-man creature, a beast fighting a dragon). In the summer, the priory hosts concerts and exhibitions, before the concert and closing performance of the season at the end of September. You can also spend at night: Nelly and Gilles Alglave have arranged a room in the guest room with a poster bed for a charming weekend for two people (110 € at night with breakfast, 3 ears, Gîtes de France).

Built in the th century on the Thérinet, it was rebuilt in the mid th century. Located in a green garden with 5 000 m ² and 300 roses, still remains the gears, grinding and bluterie that allow the restoration of all stages of the meunier's work. Behind the mill is a large garden retaining nearly 300 varieties of roses, which can be booked for wedding photos.

Until the th century, textiles provided an additional income - in addition to agriculture - to many households in the Beauvaisis countryside. This is the case of the town of Hardivillers which once made Serge, a light cloth of wool. The Maison du Serger has retained its original structure, with its workshop overlooking the street and its house of habitation and its garden located on the back, as well as its old weathered. Its history covers the artisanal evolution of the village. See in this museum: a loom and a boutonnier workshop since the tabletterie replaced the textile in the local economy. The restoration work lasted 7 years and registered as part of the cultural project of the Textile Route in Picardy.

The central square is dominated by two beautiful Renaissance buildings, hosting the town hall and a retreat. A closer examination reveals that it is the same building cut in two, once fortress. This th century mansion is remarkable for its façade, whose Italian influence is undeniable. It was a hospice tower, a special house and city hall. On the floor, you can take a look at the superb room François I (today the wedding room), which is the only one of the building to have retained the original ceiling and fireplace (free visit at the opening hours of the town hall).

Built in 1867-1868, this building is a unique example of wine architecture in northern France. The red brick building consists of a ground floor, put the barrels of wine sent by boat and then by train from France, Spain and Algeria. The attic is surmounted by a drain consisting of two openings intended to permanently ventilate the tanks and other alcool.

In this beautiful village east of Marseille-en-Beauvaisis, you can discover the old forge of the studio Paul Delattre in a wooden Building dating back to 1765. In a nearby building, a traditional Picard habitat with everyday objects like a remarkable fully restored bread oven. The tour and animation can last 2 hours and are provided by a professional blacksmith. He presents the tools of his profession: ., grinding, colonnes and marteaux drills.

It was built in the 100 th century, less than m from the church of St. Martin. The proximity between the two buildings is a miracle, at least if one believes the legend: in 1532, during Christmas festivities, a canopy containing consecrated hosts was stolen. The thieves suffered the object of worship, but were did from the hosts in a bush. The inhabitants found them not covered by the snow and saw a miracle. Six months later, a stone chapel and brick were built. Inside, stained glass windows trace its construction.

Consecrated to Saint Lucien (Lucius), first bishop of Beauvais (Caesaromagus) in the year 1000 and martyr. The Church has been enlarged and transformed over the centuries. Inside the building, there is a very beautiful mise stone tomb dating from the th century, classified in historic monuments as well as other "remarkable curiosities" such as wall woodwork, the bench and the chair.

From the th century, a royal charter reported the existence of three water mills in Chambly. In the th century most of them were destroyed during the Wars of Religion. In the th century, seven mills were re-operating thanks to the current of Esches: the mill du Mesnil-Saint-Martin, the mill of Saint-Aubin, the mill of Vigneseuil, the mill of Mennecourt, the mill mill, the mill of Bassault and the mill Neuf. The mill of the hamlet of Mesnil-Saint-Martin, upstream of Chambly, on the edge of the Esches was built in 1640. Over the centuries, he had various owners. Today, this mill, says Deligne, is a prosperous society employing 43 people and produces more than 2 000 quintals of flour per day. The Moulin Deligne is the only one still existing today in Chambly.

The church dates back to the 1515 th century, with a armure of François I, the sacred king of France in. Let us remember that he was part of the Valois-Angoulême branch of the Capétiens dynasty, which reigned from 1328 to 1589. There is also a sculpted wardrobe of Renaissance style, statues of Saint Bernard, statues of the Virgin. The, vaulted dome of the nave is a ship's free.

Villers-Saint-Paul, a commune of 6 000 inhabitants, existed at the time. The church with its "T" plan presents two distinct parts. It is evidence of two construction campaigns to monitor the evolution of religious architecture in an extremely fertile period of innovation: on the one hand, the nef and côtés of Romanesque style built around 1130 and the chevet and transept, Gothic style, built around 1225.

A testimony of flamboyant Gothic art, the church gradually built between the th and th centuries. By its size and richness (the statues are no longer in the niches, but the paintings still present are very beautiful), it recalls the historic importance of the village which received a title of the duchy and whose castle (which was demolished in 1734) served as a date of arrival to Henri IV (see the buried parts, behind the retaining walls on the terrace).

Like the vast majority of the villages in Oise, Rieux has a history of almost 1 000 years old. It was in 1061 that the first mention of the village was served in the cartulaire of the priory of Saint-Christophe-en-Halatte (now dependent on the commune of Fleurine). From the Middle Ages, an important vineyard stretched on the slopes dominating the valley of Oise. In the mid th century, the land of Rieux still represented eight hectares of vines. The heritage of the village: The church Saint-Denis, built between the beginning of the th century and the th century. It owes its pride to the romans and clocher novels, which testify to the size and quality of the building and its volumes. The church (like that of Rousseloy) has one of the very few ancient bells of the Oise, melted in 1550. On the street, the inas will appreciate the stone facades of the houses, in good condition, as well as the ancient porches.

Upstream of the autumn valley, the building is part of the th century Romanesque style in the vein of the th century Romanesque style. It is built on the straight straight of the choir and consists of two floors of géminées bays with capitals and skid, and ends with a stone arrow, marked as a needle. Shortly after the boom was completed in the 1130 s, the northern flank of the church received a vaulted chapel with a full hanger. In the middle of the th century a portal beautifully decorated in "diamond spikes" came to replace the somewhat austere facade before it. This formula was a resounding success in the th century. It will be in turn of the apse to cede the square to 1170 to a more elaborate choir, composed of a straight span and a apse in the chamber decorated with three windows.

The building, built in several campaigns in the th century, is based on the western slope of the St. Mary Valley. The church has a lovely Romanesque-style steeple with a span and dotted apse, both of which have marked the beginning of its construction. The nave, remarkable of elegance and sobriety, will be founded shortly afterwards. The large arcades, which occupy more than two thirds of the total height, are double jumps softened by an tore. The octagonal basket capitals allow the arcades to return to circular batteries. The facade has a striking look thanks to a majestic portal with gâble and a large pink rose located just above. The facade and its interior rise give the nave of Gothic features that once again refer to the influence of the th century. Another crucial step in the construction process will be to the choir; two chapels will be annexed to it to solidify the base of the bell. The latter, in conclusion, has two floors: the first is pierced to the north and south by glass windows, while the upper floor is that of the belfry filigree of géminées baies bays.

Louis VII granted a communal charter to Senlis in 1173, and the city was awarded the same year of a new type of building: a city hotel. It has undergone many transformations over the following centuries. Rebuilt between 1495 and 1497, it was gradually enlarged in the th and th centuries. The clock at its summit dates back to 1608 and comes from the old belfry. When he crossed the city in 1825, Charles X made the main facade of a bust with the effigy of Henri IV. One can read the statement made by the latter in 1590 before the Parliament of Paris, during which he paid a glowing tribute to the inhabitants of Senlis, who, loyal to the king, welcomed him in their fortified precincts during the religious wars. Inside, face the beautiful side staircase that leads to the council room. An old-fashioned charm is emerging.

Again, Villembray was a place of pilgrimage. It is reported that, in 1566, Protestants who wanted to destroy the statue of the Virgin who were sitting in the doorway of the church were miraculously prevented. The following day, the merisiers around the church were all flowering. That is why we called the Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs building. A first chapel, probably from the ninth century and became church in the 1495 th century, was rebuilt in. In the xviiith century, the church was rebuilt and looted. All the interest of the monument, open during the day, lies in its stained glass windows, especially those of Roussel (1888) and its paintings depicting the mysteries of the Rosary. See also, the master altar in 1891, the side chapels of the Sacred Heart and Saint Joseph, the barrier of the Virgin (1702) and the chapel of the pilgrimage.

The church bears the name of the first bishop of Senlis. Its steeple of the Xe was raised around 1140. Refined sculptures on the second floor of the steeple are remarkable, such as in its bays, bordeaux leaf capitals. Gothic style is shown on double-lancets windows surmounted by a rose, typical of the time. A transept and a new flat-hung chorus were grafted to the church around 1240. The cure is one of the oldest in Valois.

2 km from the village of Mercurey in the hamlet of Bray (towards Brasseuse). Built on a promontory, this priory, which has a beautiful Gothic chapel, a cellar and a pigeon, served as a dependency on the mighty abbey Saint-Victor in Paris. In 1249, the Lord of Senlis Guy le Bouteiller, who was preparing to go into a crusade with Saint Louis, made a donation to the order of the Augustins. In 1773, at the death of the last Prior of Bray, they set up the priory for the sake of economics, before being reunited under the Revolution. The rehabilitation of this set of th century buildings is engaged with the help of an association.

This small museum evokes the rural world and the ancient peasant traditions. Pottery exhibition, marshal-farrier tools. Reconstitution of a village grocery store, a classroom and a bakery.

In this village located at the eastern end of the forest of Compiègne, a church crowned with the Romanesque amphitheatre arched in three large windows dating from the 1945 th century and restored after. Also note the th century painted wooden calvaire and the nave of large warheads, cylindrical pillars and lambris of the th century. Hiking and mountain biking tours from the village.

The municipality, nestled in the Creux valley, extends to the banks of the River Aisne. Its history dates back to the time of the Romans, as shown by the current Saint-Eloi Street, which was a Roman route. The Mérovingiens kings had a hunting house in the village, annex of the Royal house of Cuise, which was to Saint-Jean-aux-Bois. Surrounded by woods and forests, the village is picturesque. At the beginning of the town hall, take the left lane to the Ru of Vandy where you see the castle of Cuise (private property, not visit) and in the background the elegant Saint Martin Church, a typical construction of the Soissonais in the late th and early th century. It has a powerful clocher and a slender nave. She was listed in Historic Monuments in 1913. Read: the existence of pedestrian circuits from the village and the impressive number of wells: more than are still in good condition.

A first basement floor of the th century is all that remains of the first known castle at this location; the th century dates back to a second floor of the basement on cross-stitch to three sleepers the entry book and the first level of the tower of the residence; the enclosure retains some medieval elements; around 1679 were built the eastern part of the housing with its staircase and the second and third level of the tower; the house encompassed in the enclosure dates back to the th century; the western part of housing is built around 1878; dates made on the stack strains; the weapons of Louis de Couste (1494) Equerry of Joan d'Arc have recently been discovered in the masonry of the cottage; a th-century chimney from old mill has been raised in the home.

If the choir, transept and nave date back to the th century, each part was modified according to different restoration campaigns carried out in the th and th centuries. The bas were built in 1753 and the porch between 1839 and 1840. To see: a statue from the Virgin to the Child of the early 81st of a cm high in polychrome and gilded wood. The church's bedside gives in the courtyard of the former presbytery and is now converted into a cottage.

Located on the left bank of the Oise River, the village commanded a passage on the river. Its manor house dates back to the th century and you can rent it for receptions. The adjacent th century abbey later became the Clunisien priory of Saint-Hubert. The miraculous source and stone in its cemetery are the subject of the pilgrimage of the Saint-Hubert, which traditionally takes place at the end of May.

This church, built in 1185, is reminiscent of the cathedral of Senlis by its top, which receives an arc from the left of the choir. In the south, there are two capitals with a high historical value reminiscent of one, the Nativity, for the other Fuite in Egypt. The exterior, of Romanesque inspiration, is dominated by a steeple flanked by two long géminées bays which, again, resemble the two towers of the cathedral of Senlis. Also note the doorways in columns open to the south and in front of the nave.

Nestled in the green countryside of Valois, the municipality has a parish parish between two periods: the th century for its nave and the th century for its choir. The rectangle-shaped nave is preceded by a portal with gâble en and a triplet of windows on two floors. On the very harmonious choir, two spans of three vessels are drawn, culminating in a transept form. The steeple, which is a kind of strategic defensive tower (in the image of the belfries of the forts), also contains bays and mouldings from the end of the th century which show that a bell similar to that of Rhuis and Pontpoint existed before the one that currently dominates the church. Visit the Presbytère presbytery to visit.

The Rhuis Church is one of the oldest Romanesque Romanesque buildings. It dates from the th century and is classified in Historical monuments. Its architecture: a nave of four spans ends by a chorus in the Chamber. Above the last span of the north-side and the th-century chapel is the-storey clocher tower, the oldest in northern France. The nave, built in the mid th century, deserves special attention by its astonishing simplicity: poles with lively angles and no drop, columns or pilaster crossed the walls. These same arcades sit on rectangular stacks thanks to impostes. On the south side, one of the oldest vaults of known warheads.

Saint-Hubert was the chapel of the castle of Beaurepaire. It was built by Adrien of Hénencourt in the 1510 s, author of the famous stalls of Amiens Cathedral, of which he was the dean of the chapter. She became a parish church in 1662. Its architecture boils down to a vaulted nave finished by a apse with three parts. Its only ornament is the ancient portal, to the west, once surmounted by three statues crowned with canopy. We still see the Escutcheon crest. A small chapel with a stately cloister, decorated with Louis XIV woodwork, was infused in the north.

Its access is limited to a discreet entrance to the road where it has to be inferred, between Verneuil-en-Halatte and Pont-Sainte-Maxence. A long wooded road leads us to the private domain, visible as from outside. But one can think for a moment about the walls of the castle and its th and th centuries moat. Or wait until the Heritage Days in September to discover the oldest castle in the country of Halatte.

It is discovered by arriving through the forest of Halatte. Located in the middle of the th century, it places her majesty at the heart of the rustic landscape. In flowery Romanesque style, his choir (1170) is polygonal. The steeple, in the same vein as those of Noël-Saint-Martin and Morienval, kube against the southern flank of the choir and consists of two floors of géminées bays. A third floor complements harmony with triples. A small pyramid of stone stone.

Go through No. 3 of the rue de Cavillé (location of the Center Des, then Saint-Jean and Jerusalem) to see the remains of the palace of Iraine which was the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy in the th century. In the courtyard of Saint Joseph's institution you will find an old turret. In the th century, it was a dependency of St. Victor Abbey next to Senlis. Rue Henri-Bodchon (at No 34), the former Mangeaot hotel of the th century. Rue Aristide-Briand, see the door of the old oil mill of the Donated de Villette.