Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the East

Fort
08600 Givet

Charlemont Fort, built in the 16th century at Givet (Great East), is a bastioned fortress overlooking the Meuse, marked by changes in the 17th and 19th centuries under Vauban and Séré de Rivières.

Eglise
10190 Villemaur-sur-Vanne

The church of the Assumption-de-la-Vierge, in Villemaur-sur-Vanne (Aube), is a 13th and 16th century collegiate church, classified as a historical monument in 1972, famous for its carved jube and medieval furniture.

Maison classée MH
08390 Le Mont-Dieu

The House at Bar is a fortified farm from the beginning of the 17th century in Le Mont-Dieu (Ardennes), an old dependency of the Chartreux, surrounded by ditches and equipped with a defensive tower.

Ferme fortifiée
08130 Charbogne

The fortified farm of Charbogne, a defensive building of the 16th and 18th centuries, stands in the heart of the Ardennes village. The Quadrilatère, with its corner towers and moat, illustrates Renaissance military rural architecture.

Eglise à pan de bois
10500 Mathaux

The church of Saint Quentin de Mathaux, built in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century, is a religious building with wooden strips located in the Aube, in the Great East. Registered as a historical monument in 1982, it bears witness to the local architectural heritage.

Abbaye
10310 Ville-sous-la-Ferté

Clairvaux Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century in Ville-sous-la-Ferté in the Dawn, was a major spiritual home before becoming a prison. Its medieval and classical architecture bears witness to its rich monastic and prison past.

Eglise moderne
10280 Fontaine-les-Grès

The church of Sainte-Agnès, a modern religious building of the 3rd quarter of the 20th century, stands at Fontaine-les-Grès (Aube). Its architecture combines local tradition and contemporary audacity, with a triangular plan and integrated works of art.

Vestiges de la Guerre 14-18
08370 La Ferté-sur-Chiers

La Ferté is a small fort on the Maginot line, built between 1935 and 1937 at La Ferté-sur-Cheers (Ardennes), marking the northern end of this defensive line. Designed for 106 soldiers, it was destroyed in May 1940 during violent fighting.