Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Hauts-de-France

Donjons
02200 Septmonts

The Donjon de Septmonts, built between the 13th and 16th centuries, is an ancient episcopal castle located in the Aisne, in Hauts-de-France, marked by medieval and Renaissance architecture, surrounded by moat and classified as a historical monument.

Château de style Renaissance
02460 La Ferté-Milon

The castle of La Ferté-Milon, an unfinished 14th century vestige in La Ferté-Milon (Aisne), dominates the valley of Ourcq. Ranked a historic monument, it bears witness to an ambitious military architecture abandoned in 1407.

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
02600 Longpont

Longpont Abbey, an ancient fortified Cistercian abbey of the 13th century, stands in ruins in Longpont (Aisne, Hauts-de-France), with Gothic remains and 18th century amenities.

Eglise gothique
60700 Pontpoint

The royal abbey of Moncel, founded in 1309 by Philippe le Bel in Pontpoint (Oise), is a 14th-century clarisse monial abbey, classified as a historical monument. This emblematic site of the Hauts-de-France combines medieval architecture and royal history, with remarkable remains such as its vaulted cellars and its Renaissance cloister.

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.

Eglise fortifiée
02140 Bancigny

The church of Saint-Nicolas de Bancigny, built in the 16th century, is a fortified church located in the Aisne, in Hauts-de-France, known for its defense towers and its baptismal Romanesque fonts.

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.