The Green Way

Depart from the town of Langres, latitude 47.8710500 (N 47° 52’ 16”), longitude 5.3259540 (E 5° 19’ 33”)

• Our Lady of Deliverance Chapel

• Located at the junction of the two rivers that have hollowed out the spur langrois, the Forks hill is dominated by a witness hill, surmounted by a statue of the Virgin. This one keeps in its name the memory of the gibbets that one could see until the Revolution. The top of this place of execution was then devoid of trees. The sad and gloomy silhouettes of the "pitchforks" could be seen for several miles around and played an exemplary role...

Today, this hill has become a place of religious devotion. It hosts a chapel whose dome supports a colossal statue of the Virgin, cast in the north of the department, Sommevoire. Neo-Gothic style, it was built by the Langrois in 1873, in thanks to Mary. They thus respected their wish contracted during the war of 1870 envisaging its construction if the city escaped the entry of the Prussians. This is why she is dedicated to Our Lady of Deliverance. The story tells that on November 16, 1870, Prussian detachments arrived near Langres, occupying the surrounding villages: Champigny, Peigney, Jorquenay and Hûmes. Soldiers and inhabitants then prepared for a possible siege, several shots were fired from the ramparts. But the next day the enemy withdrew. The same story was repeated on December 16th and January 16th. Then the war ended, without Langres suffering neither siege nor destruction. For the local population, the protection of the Virgin was evident and the wish fulfilled. The chapel was built on the plans of architect Girard. Octagonal plan and measuring 18m in height, it is decorated with a stained glass window representing the wish of the city of Langres to the Virgin. Among the characters, we recognize a bishop, a priest and a couple, man and woman. The blessing and inauguration took place on May 25, during a grand ceremony that brought together some 25,000 people, including civilian and military authorities. Since that day, whenever May 24 falls on a Sunday, a big religious festival is organized. In 1901, a great ordeal bearing the names of the French soldiers died during the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 was placed near the chapel.

• Frog Fountain

• In front of his name to a frog carved in the cave of the source, this set appears in place from 1678. Future builder of the bell tower of Saint-Martin, Claude Forgeot gives it its present appearance towards 1755, with not only the concern to preserve the site, but even more to highlight the beauty that Mother Nature has given her. The use of curvilinear lines and stones of rock thus manifests the will to magnify the forms of the architecture and the valley by a reciprocal enhancement. We dreamed then to make the city enjoy the freshness and the murmur of these waters. Failing to be realized, this hope left us the inscription of the cave: "I am the nymph (...). If the gods second my wishes, I will be a city dweller and the whole city will be vivified by my waters. "The source was also famous among the cutters for the tempering of steel.

• Saints-Geosmes and his three twins

• The village owes its name to three twin saints "Sancti Gemelli": Eleusippus, Meleusippus and Speusippus who were sentenced to death by fire on 17 January 172 at the age of 24 years. Baptized by Saint Bénigne, they were in charge of evangelizing the Lingons. The Gallo-Roman village of Urbatus adopted the name of Saints-Geosmes in memory of their sacrifice.

• Wind turbines

• The rated power of these wind turbines is 2 million watts.
• They culminate (at the hub level) 80 meters high, to which we must add the 45 meters in length of each blade...
• To keep this whole device firmly on the ground, 800 tons of foundations were poured, thus ensuring the stability of these imposing structures which, although appearing to float in the air, still weigh 282 tons distributed as follows: 147 tons only for the mast, 70 tons for the platform, 41 tons for the rotor and 8 tons for each of the three blades...