Monuments to visit Picardie

This cross, which is located in the heart of the naturist town, according to the texts, from the end of the th century. Built on three floors, this brick monument intrigued more than one. Victor Hugo would have likened him to a fountain, Prarond, to a pilloried, others still devineraient a Spanish construction. Opinions also differ as to the fact that this cross would have been erected in honour of Eleonore d'Aquitaine (1122-1204). Indeed, Lucien Vasseur, an archaeologist, claims that this monument was commanded by Edouard I of England in posthumous tribute to his wife Eleonore de Castille (1244-1290).

This village of 1 000 inhabitants, crossed by the Thérain, is the old capital of the bezel. From 1730, dozens of workshops were created. Up to 300 people work to supplement their farm income by rubbing glass or by filling glasses. The th century City Hotel (facade to two columns of Corinthian style built at the location of a former castle), the Saint-Martin Church of the th and th centuries. The th century hall was intended for the sale of linen sheet, hardware and wool; on Sunday morning it hosts a market for agricultural products. Two washing have recently been renovated: the Yaya fountain was once a meeting and exchange place for women.

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.

This sober castle hides its game. With its 2 800 m ², it is one of the largest in the region. After its construction in the th century, by the Chastenet family of Puységur, the monument went hand in hand: the Camp-Laurent family and then the Hennet family. Like many other castles, that of Bernoville suffered during the two world wars, first occupied in 14 by the Germans and then destroyed, it will be restored before being left behind after 1944. In 2005, work will be saved and given its current appearance. Also visit the 20 ha of the park that borders the castle.

This castle was erected in the middle of the th century for Seillière company, which had just bought out the domain of Guise. He became the property of the Duke of Aumale in 1872 and remained in the family until 1980. It was here that the Earl of Paris, Henri d'Orléans, on July 5, 1908, grandfather of Jean-Carl-Pierre-Marie d'Orléans, considered by some as the dolphin of France. In 1986, the town of Nouvion acquired the castle and developed in the park a sports and leisure complex.

In Laon you will find so many remarkable monuments, which is sometimes difficult to distinguish. So stop a few minutes on this massive, massive door by its size. In the th century, it closed the entrance to the village, and it was harrow and assommoir. She would also have been adorned with a statue of Henri IV.

Coincy is a small village, in the image of its illustrious characters. For example, Gauthier de Coincy, born in Coincy in 1178, is nothing but one of the greatest French medieval poets. Excuse the little. He is told that he is the inventor in poetry of the octosyllabe and the Précurseur precursor. With the stage adaptation of his work "Les Miracles de Notre Dame" he is also one of the western theatre inventors. Another character, other destiny, that of François Augustin Ferdinant Tagliabue, born in 1822 here. After becoming a priest in 1848, he was sent to the mission of evangelization in Mongolia and then to China and became, as a result of his action, a apostolic vicar of Beijing. A funeral plaque, located in the church of the commune, recounts his life.

The municipality has a rarity: communal terminals. Listed in the Additional Inventory of Historical Monuments, there are 43. Each measure is close to 2 m and weighs more than 500 kg. They define the boundaries of the lands of the former abbey, and even today the limits of the commune. They carry the arms of Coincy Abbey (two crossed keys and a straight sword), and sometimes a cross of Saint-André.

Those who do not want to miss anything from the municipality will be able to go to the Hotel de Ville, founded, like the St. front chapel, by Queen Jeanne of Evreux in the th century. The building served as a tower, a hospice, a girls'school, a military hospital (during the wars of 1870 and 1914-1918) and a retirement home. Today, it is home to the Youth of the Commune Service and the initiative union.

Every city has its hero! In Ham, this hero is called Maximilien Sebastien Foy, general of the First Empire born in the commune on February 3, 1775. A bronze statue, a poignant work by Hiolle, was installed in his honor on the Place de l 'Ville, on July 20, 1879. The general was represented with his left hand on the heart, the right arm tensed, as frozen at the time he wrote, from the top of the tribune of the National Assembly: «There is echo in France when we pronounce the words honor and homeland». You will also discover the general home of the general in the place of the current Café du Commerce.

The Mill of the plain was originally a flour mill. It consisted of two wheels, one on each side of the river until 1838, when an application for authorization was filed to transform it into one wheel. On the death of the owner, in 1914, the activity was managed by his widow, who could not prevent the bankrupt from entering the 1920 s. Acquired a few years later by a company (the large mills in Marle), it became the largest mill in the Aisne, with production of more than 400 000 quintals per year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This municipality of 7 200 inhabitants owes its fame to its park, castle and family of La. The city belonged to this former Charentaise family whose most illustrious member was the author of the famous Maxims. The Duke of La Rochefoucauld created on one of his farms, La Ferme de la Montagne, a vocational training school for orphans in the region. A statue of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld was erected on the square of the city centre on 6 October 1861. The character is represented as a benefactor of humanity, a tribute paid by his creator FL Poilleux, student of Arts and Crafts schools. The statue was destroyed by Italian soldiers in 1942 and exploded in June 1951.

The castle was transformed into a farmhouse at the end of the th century by the Marquis de Nointel. It was then called the castle of the Etournelles, perhaps because of his towers (there were three towers in the th century). In the 5 th and th centuries, it is flanked by a beautiful barn in the th century and a large ha park built by Louis-Sulpice Varé, the architect of the Bois de Boulogne, with fruit trees, roses, flowers, and an English-style park with a pond with an island.