Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the East

Fortification
08230 Rocroi

The fortifications of Rocroi, built between the 16th and 19th centuries in the Ardennes, form a bastioned, star-shaped enclosure, a strategic symbol of the north-eastern border of France.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
10140 Vendeuvre-sur-Barse

The Château de Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, a medieval building renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries, dominates the valley of the Barse in Aube. Its architecture blends medieval fortress and classical home, with a remarkable neoclassical staircase.

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.

Château fort
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.

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.

Ferme fortifiée
08600 Foisches

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

Eglise gothique
10110 Chauffour-lès-Bailly

The Church of Saint-Marcel-et-Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, a 16th and 17th century religious building in Chauffour-lès-Bailly (Aube), is a wood-paned church classified as a historical monument since 1926.

Caquetoire
10600 Barberey-Saint-Sulpice

The Saint-Sulpice church of Barbery-Saint-Sulpice, built in the 12th and 16th centuries, is a historic monument located in the Aube, in the Great East, famous for its furniture and monumental paintings.