Bar-le Duc
Meuse
In 1580, Montaigne called
the College of Gilles de Trèves "most beautiful town
house in France that is" putting forward its stunning courtyard
and harmonious architecture. This remarkable building is a major
element of the Renaissance heritage of Bar-le-Duc, city of character
nestled in greenery, in contact with the Champagne and Lorraine,
from Châlons-en-Champagne and Nancy.
His district in the protected sector, a veritable open-air museum,
to discover, at the option of routes varied facades surmounted
by gargoyles exuberant, demonstrating a knowledge imported by
Italian craftsmen. Since the central area of the Renaissance to
the Hall of the Castle esplanade by the Rue des Ducs and the walk
followed the mullioned windows and gutters decorated finely worked.
The collegiate church of Saint-Etienne (XIVth-XVIIth centuries)
has some major sculptures of great artist lorrain Ligier Richier,
including "Transit", a work universally famous. It opens
on the Place St Pierre, the most spectacular places ale uptown.
All helps to enhance the visitor's tour, like the historian warned.
Each year during the festival "Renaissance", the streets
come to life and color to host and lead residents and visitors
to the festival. Appointment from 2 to 6 July for the next edition
is rich in street theater, guided, concert performances, crafts
and other activities, such as the Renaissance Ballroom. Markets:
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8 am to 13 pm
Beaucaire
Gard
At the heart of the golden
triangle Nimes-Avignon-Arles, between Camargue and Provence, Beaucaire
has benefited harmony of a marina, unique by its presence in the
heart of town. Over 44 hectares of protected heritage to be discovered:
the Abbey of St. Roman troglodytic, Via Domitia, the Castle of
XIth century, churches, mansions are now a City of Art and History
which houses a craft center pat important art glass, stained glass,
ceramics, paint, furniture, catering, decoration ...
Among the entertainment offered to visitors, there are:
- Mas Gallo-Romain des Tourelles: reconstruction of a Gallo-Roman
cellar in readiness; Roman wine in the tavern (harvest: 14/09)
- Old Mas: Provencal farmhouse from the beginning of the century,
with its old tools, its businesses and its alumni live animals
(events: Easter, Harvest, Christmas)
- The spectacle of free-flying birds of prey "The Eagles
of Beaucaire" inside the Royal Castle, presented by falconers
in costume Roman
- Hostel World museum Daudet: santons and automata.
With many appointments
- Printanières the music and heritage, from 29 March to
19 April
- Camargue races: 20/04, 4 / 05, 18/05, 13-20-24-28/07, 14/09
- Drac of the Day - Fête de la Musique: 20, 21 and 22 June
- Estivales Beaucaire: from 21 to 28 July (evening Mediterranean,
bodegas, animations ,...) with Wine Festival and Heritage
- Quays of the Fine Friday (July and August): street entertainment
around a craft market at night
- The 4th Meeting of the Archipel des Métiers d'Art: 26,
27 and 28 September
- The Journées Nationales des Métiers d'Art: 28,
29 and 30 November
- Christmas animations
Some local specialties: tapenade, olive oil, wine.
Beaugency
Loiret
In
the Valley of the Kings, between Beauce and Sologne, a millennial
city retains the charm of a medieval city prestige Beaugency,
"Princess of the Loire, 1 hour 30 south-west of Paris, 30
mn de Chambord , Blois and Orleans. This prestige remain a dungeon
of the eleventh century u Tour Caesar "and his legendary
bridge. The castle Dunois (Dunois Place, Tel.: 02 38 44 55 23)
houses the museum of the traditions of the Orleans. See also:
the Abbey Church of Our Lady of the XII century, the Tour St Firmin,
the Renaissance Town Hall and its magnificent collection of eight
embroidered curtains, the Clock Tower and the church of Saint-Etienne
-- one of the oldest Romanesque churches of the Loire Valley -
recently restored and converted into cultural space. Do not miss
the weekly market on Saturday, all day, the Book Fair in the spring,
the flea market in June, the Festival History Summer Fair wine
and gastronomy in September.
A taste: the money of King Raoul (ganache and
dark chocolate) and kittens balgentiens (laminated praline coated
with a thin layer of caramel) in M. Caqué chocolate pastry.
Local specialties: fish of the Loire and Sologne
game.
Crafts: pottery, bronze-chaser, ...
Beaugency is proud of his membership in the Loire Valley, recently
classified as World Heritage by UNESCO.
Bergues
Nord
Flemish plain, 9 km from the beaches of Dunkirk-Malo
les Bains 15 km from the Belgian border and 40 km from the outlet
of the tunnel, Bergues its doors ... Yet fully corsetée
ramparts and nestled at the foot of the tower and the hill its
name, Bergues-Saint Winoc is one of the Flemish cities where time
seems to have no influence. The wealth of its
heritage,
its gastronomy and its environment will retain the tourist passing
through "the other Bruges in Flanders ... As in days of yore,
the city is the rhythmic sound of his gins that chime every quarter
of an hour it rings its bells for the 50 market Monday morning
or traditional festivals such as Carnival (Sunday from mid-Lent)
the Palm (a major agricultural fair) or the Night of the Alouettes
Mirror, anno 1585 (Night Show in late April and early October).
All types of food are present and offer the local corn fie Bergues
cheese, sausage or Potsch'vleech Bergues, watered as it should
be a good beer. In the immediate vicinity of Bergues is the discovery
of Flanders, this flat country where these large towns flourished
with brick walls and huge churches of this land, and canals that
criss-cross Watergang and whose paths staked, has chapels or small
bridges, sometimes even lead to a few windmills and some taverns
...
Bitche
Moselle
Hyphen between the Vosges and the Palatinate,
Alsace and Lorraine, located at the gateway of a regional park
classified a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, Bitche, bordered
on all sides by the forest, love around its imposing citadel ...
Built in the seventeenth century by Vauban, the Citadel of Bitche
particularly distinguished himself during the siege of 1870-1871.
It offers a tour through infrared headphones, punctuated by audio-visual
and olfactory effects. The underground shelters are home to vast
bunkers, one of the best wells in Europe, the hospital ... which
give a true picture of the importance of the stronghold.
The "Garden of Peace" will open its doors in May, at
the foot of the Citadel, will present a particular view of the
topic "War and Peace" through the plants. Faced with
the Citadel, Ies 27 holes of golf enjoy a wooded exceptional.
Since summer 2002, the visitor can rediscover the Simserhof, invincible
fort of the Maginot Line. Nearby, Fort Casso calls for a friendly
visit and complementary works of the Maginot Line. Bitche also
attracted visitors with an exceptional environment. Imagine immense
pleasure from which emerge the romantic ruins of castles, backed
ruiniform rocks of red sandstone, ponds, a structured network
of trails for hiking, horse riding, mountain biking ... Imagine
a small number of sacred buildings ... Crystal craftsmen implementing
know-how ... A tradition of woodworking: a clog, a mill and a
sawmill illustrate this activity ... Imagine a food and local
produce rich and varied, decline in Bitche restaurants and its
environs. He who seeks will go to the apotheosis Arnsbourg located
Baerenthal. Market on Wednesday morning, fair quarterly flower
market on Friday morning (summer). Summer Day at the Citadel and
entertainment street in July, Christmas market and fair Gourmandises.
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