Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Ardennes

Baroque Church
08190 Asfeld

The church of St Didier d'Asfeld, built in the 17th century in the Ardennes, is a unique baroque jewel in the shape of a viola de gamba, classified as a historical monument since 1913.

Castle
08200 Sedan

Sedan Castle, built in the 15th century in the Ardennes, is the largest medieval fortress in Europe (35,000 m2). Located in Sedan on a rocky spur overlooking the Meuse, it combines defensive architecture and princely palace, a witness to Franco-European conflicts until the 19th century.

Fortified farm
08600 Foisches

Foisches Castle, a former 17th-century fort house in Foisches (Ardennes), combines defensive architecture and farming in a unique regional style.

Castle
08150 L'Échelle

The Château de L'Échelle, built between the 15th and 17th century, is a quadrangular castle located in L'Échelle in the Ardennes, marked by a military history and a conversion into a communal school.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
08320 Hierges

The castle of Hierges, 16th century Renaissance castle, dominates the Joncquière valley in Hierges (Ardennes). Its ruins, classified as historical monument, bear witness to a strategic fortress with innovative military architecture.

Chartreuse
08390 Le Mont-Dieu

The Chartreuse du Mont-Dieu, a 17th-century cartreux monastery located at Le Mont-Dieu in the Ardennes, is a historical vestige classified as a historical monument, marked by elegant architecture and a turbulent history since its foundation in 1132.

Gothic Church
08090 Charleville-Mézières

The Notre-Dame-d'Espérance Basilica of Charleville-Mézières, built in 1499, is a flamboyant Gothic jewel of the Great East, famous for its modern stained glass windows and its turbulent history, classified as a historic monument in 1910.

Alloys covered
08560 Saint-Marcel

The covered gangway of Giraumont, megalith of the Chalcolithic in Saint-Marcel (Ardennes), is a 7.80 m long collective burial, classified as a historic monument in 1960, typical of Seine-Oise-Marne culture.