Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Picardie

Maisons à pans de bois
02220 Braine

The half-timbered house of Braine, dating back to the 15th century, is an emblematic medieval building located in Place du Martroy, mixing stone and wood, with a pepper turret.

Château fort
02380 Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

Coucy Castle, built in the 12th and 13th centuries in Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique (Hauts-de-France), was a medieval fortress renowned for its 54-metre dungeon, destroyed in 1917. Today in ruins, it bears witness to the exceptional military and seigneurial architecture.

Porte-de-ville
02000 Laon

The gate of Ardon is a 14th century fortified gate in Laon, integrated with the city walls. It bears witness to medieval military architecture in the Hauts-de-France.

Eglise gothique
02200 Soissons

Saint-Jean-des-Vignes Abbey, a former 11th-17th century Gothic abbey in Soissons (Hauts-de-France), was a major Augustinian monastery, now partially in ruins with its two iconic towers classified.

Eglise gothique
02220 Braine

L'abbatiale Saint-Yved de Braine, édifice gothique des XIIe–XIIIe siècles situé à Braine (Hauts-de-France), fut une nécropole princière et un chef-d'œuvre architectural prémontré, aujourd’hui classée monument historique.

Eglise gothique
02200 Soissons

The cathedral of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons, a Gothic masterpiece of the 12th–15th centuries, dominates the city in the Hauts-de-France. Ranked a historic monument, it combines architectural elegance and a turbulent history, marked by wars and restorations.

Chapelle romane
60129 Orrouy

The ruins of the Romanesque chapel of Champlieu, a religious building of the 11th and 12th centuries in Orrouy (Oise), bear witness to an ancient parish and prior church, linked to a Marian pilgrimage and the Brunehaut roadway, a major medieval road.

Château fort
60350 Pierrefonds

The castle of Pierrefonds, imposing 14th century castle rebuilt in the 19th century, stands at Pierrefonds in the Oise region of Hauts-de-France. This iconic monument, restored by Viollet-le-Duc for Napoleon III, combines medieval architecture and romantic influences.