Vervins
Aisne
Historic county town 30 kilometers from the Belgian border, Vervins
makes the ideal choice for the discovery of the famous fortified
churches Thiérache and its bocage
Under the powerful family Coucy, Vervins castle became major political
and economic center. This story keeps the town fortifications,
the Place d'Armes, the castle which was signed in 1598, the peace
treaty between France and Spain, the church Notre-Dame, historical
monument, rich particularly curious paintings on the pillars and
a huge array of Jouvenet painted in 1699.
Today Vervins grows through the installation of industries prestige
(perfumes, food) and promotes its cultural heritage. The city
is a gastronomic and hotel tee choice. The restaurants, of course,
cheese "Maroilles", rabbit with cider, pies in maroilles
or apple ... specialties that you can find the 1st Friday of each
month at the market "Thiérache Fermière"
market delicacies and eat where taste animations, music and exhibitions
of visual arts together in a friendly and festive. Festival Franco-Belgian
laughter, organized in collaboration with the city of Chimay (Belgium),
each year during the last week of August is another moment of
relaxation and good mood on the eve of the season.
Nearby, visitors will discover the Capelle, his "Cheese Fair"
in September, and the international race, the abbey of Saint-Michel
in Thiérache and its festival of sacred music and baroque
old in June and July, "the Thiérachienne "Day
Hiking, Deer Valley to Etreaupont, archaeological holidays, of
Marle and circuitry discovery fortified churches. All these events
find their place in the "Democrat of the Aisne, founded in
1906, one of the last printed newspaper to lead.
Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Aveyron
Royal house, built in 1252
by Alphonse de Poitiers, Comte de Toulouse and brother of St.
Louis, Villefranche de Rouergue is located in the center of the
triangle formed by Cahors, Albi and Rodez, in the heart of the
country stretching from the Valley Lot in the Aveyron Gorge. City
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Middle
Ages, Villefranche has retained its original medieval town plan,
organized around the two main shopping streets. According to many
lanes with picturesque names as opposed houses of stone and mud
houses, it is guided step by step up to the Notre-Dame. Heart
of the walled town, surrounded by arcades that overcome residences
Gothic or Renaissance. The imposing fortress tower of the Collegiate
sleep calmly on the silent witnesses of the history of the town,
the Saint Savior monastery (1450), the Château de Graves
(1543-1553), the chapel of the Black Penitents (1642) or yet the
former chapel of the Hôpital Saint-Jacques. True to its
tradition of commercial natural, Villefranche de Rouergue attaches
particular importance to its markets. From November to February,
you can discover the special atmosphere of the market in the fat
ducks and geese, and in summer, the night markets of producer
countries. Every Thursday morning, the langue d'oc the rate-place
Notre Dame, where the weekly market combines the diversity of
local produce: foie gras, confit, charcuterie, cheeses, poultry,
fouaces, rissoles, aligot and calf Aveyron. .. a feast for the
eyes and taste buds!.
Villefranche de Rouergue offers its guests all the delights of
the heritage and nature, many events, parties sincere and generous
Visa Francophone Festival (11 to 20 July), Festival Bastides (from
5 to 9 August), Procession Penitents noirs (June 21), Market producer
countries (17 June, 8 July and 12 August ),...
Vitré
Ille-et-Vilaine
In the doors of Bretagne,
the meeting of Normandy, Maine and Anjou, the castle of glass,
XIII and XV centuries, stands on a rocky outcrop. The town with
his pregnant, her church, Gothic style, with multiple gables,
its medieval streets, its homes with wood porches and reflects
the richness of the "Merchants Overseas, traders of "canvas"
Canvas exported around the world. A protected sector helps to
highlight the riches of this city. To see the Saint-Nicolas Museum
of Sacred Art Goldsmithing religious specialist of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries ... South of the town, around the Castle-Mary
built in the seventeenth through the Family Trémouille
stretches Park Garden designed in the late nineteenth through
the landscape architect George Aumont. In the same time, the station
stand Railway High Gothic and the church Saint-Martin, imposing
building with architects Mellet furniture Poussielgue-Rusand.
Vitré provides a tourist route from 80 km where
there are many religious monuments and castles including the Castle
Museum of Rocks (5 km), Breton remains of Madame de Sévigné
and many bodies of water, rivers and forests .
Appointment not to be missed:
- Carnival of Gays Lurons (April).
- Fêtes du Bocage Vitréen (early July): street theater,
folklore, music, comedy, exhibitions, ...
The living theater "by Brittany Marches - wars in wedding"
in the magnificent courtyard of the castle (representing 11, 12,
14, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 July - booking to the tourist office
).
- The Christmas market (December).
- Market: Monday morning and Saturday morning's basket (products).
Avesnois
Grandeur Nature
The Territory..
The Avesnes, Regional Park, offers a wide variety of resources
specific to its territoire.Le bocage, forests, rivers, towns and
villages, slate, brick and stone blue. . . are enforcing these
landscapes full of peace and full of history.
Local produce and crafts reflect a strong tradition of expertise
and friendliness.
The house of natural regional Park of Avesnois
Located at Maroilles, Park House is a place for information and
documentation to "stay together a local" It's also an
exhibition space and entertainment in the nature and the environment
, property and product of the soil
To descover
The Regional Natural Park of Avesnes-offers a "discovery
whose vocation is to know, understand and respect the richness
of its heritage.
Hiking
A walk, bike, mountain bike or horseback, walking tours are designed
to open eyes on the treasures of the territory.
50 channels of small hike spread over nearly 450 km marked trails
Avesnois on all sides.
Circuits discovery
Easily accessible (2 to 3 km) and punctuated with kiosks explaining
various themes, the channels of discovery are part of a educational
.. Among the 20 tours offered
• The "Wildlife and flora" in Wignehies
• The "Blue Peter" at Wallers-Trélon
• The "A la découverte tree walls" in Quesnoy
The guided trail
local guides. these outputs are organized by a day or half a day
and rely on various topics ( "Forest," "Nature
and Heritage", "Ornithology", "Bocage",
"Pomologie", "Mycology and mammalogy" ...).
They are open to all and announced in the schedule "Discover
Nature in Avesnes", published 3 times a year.
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