THE SAINT-JEAN DOOR
Read moreA veritable autonomous fortress, located east of the fortified enclosure giving access to the castle, the building consists of two massive towers of rectangular plane forming galleries, finished in the east on the side of the attack by finger finger at right angles. These two defensive elements, stuffed the entrance passage without covering it completely, to ensure a direct defence. " The existence of finger finger, the operator apparatus of the masonry, the exposed sas shows that this door is the culmination of research carried out by the royal engineers, at the end of the th century. The door Saint-Jean takes place in the vicinity of the doors of Mortes Dead and Carcassonne, which it adopts, by improving the characters " (Jean Mesqui, Ile de France Gothic).
THE BRITTANY GATE
Red brick gate surmounted by pavilions, built to allow Peronians and ...Read more
TOURS OF FORTIFIED CHURCHES
A tour retracing Thiérache's religious and military past, with visits to ...Read more
ST. LAWRENCE RAMPARTS AND TOWER
The Saint-Laurent tower is marked by history with its cannonball marks.Read more
TOWERS AND FORTIFICATIONS
Towers that served as fortifications and vestiges of the Carolingian era ...Read more
DONJON DE SEPTMONTS
One of the region's most beautiful dungeons, just a few kilometers from ...Read more