Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel
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Saint-Michel in Thiérache small town of 3,500 inhabitants, is located in the northeastern department of Aisne, on the border of Belgium and the Ardennes, near the Northern Department. It includes the hamlets Montorieux, Blissy, valleys and the Champ-de-l'Etry. Its territory, which covers 4220 hectares, is one of the most common large department.
The forest, which occupies more than half of its area is famous for its communication channels (including the route Charlemagne), by which we easily reached the Franco-Belgian border, the first Belgian village, Macquenoise, is not that seven miles from the center Saint-Michel.
An agricultural and forestry in the early 19th century, Saint-Michel owes its growth to its industrial prosperity. The Industrial Development Saint-Michel took its source in the second half of the 19th century. This was based mainly on the extension Foundries Sougland created in 1543.
Today, economic activity revolves around three major industries: automotive, construction industry and metallurgical industry.
Cultural activities are also the rhythm of local life. These relate to two institutions:
The abbey, ancient Benedictine abbey of the twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth, 17th and 18th centuries, pearl Thiérache you strike by its beauty and majesty. In the former farm buildings of the abbey is the Museum of Rural Life and Forestry where treaties are old crafts of yesteryear who have become known for Thiérache.
Media Library: Located in a barn, it opened its doors in June 1990, offering the public library, a disco and a radius media, open for 2 years. CD ROMs are available on site.
- Saint-Michel Abbey, founded in the 10th century, is particularly interesting because it is Benedictine. Today, its functional elements are complete, so that by visiting, you get an idea of what hundreds of years, was required of communities of men and women who undertook to live in submitting and referring to a rule that attributed to Benedict of Nursia, the Benedictine rule in this case.
- The choir, the transept and some elements of the cloister were built in the last third of the 12th and early 13th century. The nave and the facade of the church built around 1660 are the purest Italian style. The facade is a replica of that of the Gesu in Rome. The front continues to impress those who discover it after watching the fortified churches of the region. Note also the organ of John Boizard (organ builder of Sedan), which was completed in 1714.
- The Museum of Rural Life and forestry:
- Thiérache is a natural area located primarily in the northeastern department of Aisne, extending a little north in the Northern Department, and is in the department of Ardennes and Belgium. In his basement waterproof and rainy climate, Thiérache is suitable for growing pasture. It is also an area of grove where you can discover the role of hedges (both windbreaks and living environment). Following various clearings made in previous centuries, pastures have gradually replaced the wood, marking the new destinations of landscape Thiérache.
- This shows that the museum presents the three main economic activities that sustained the region, namely: forestry and wood processing, livestock and dairy processing; culture wicker and basketry.
- The museum highlights the importance of the presence of the forest Thiérache. Indeed, the forest cover in the Aisne 125 000 ha or 1 / 6 of the county's area. The forests, which represent approximately 1 / 5 of woodlands, from the former royal estate confiscated in the mid 19th century (Saint-Gobain, Coucy, Villers Cotterets) and areas of major monasteries confiscated during the Revolution ( Saint-Michel, Vauclair).
- Visitors can discover the forest Saint-Michel in its many facets: it describes its history, different tree species, techniques of woodworking (logging, transportation, sawing), trades workers wood (on site and outdoor shop) illustrated by a number of tools on display.
- Visitors can appreciate the evolution of dairy farming in Thiérache. It describes the specialization, with the creation of the first dairies, diversification of production-oriented manufacturing butter and cheese and the phenomenon of concentration with the development of dairy cooperatives. This presentation is illuminated by a large collection of the agricultural community.
- Culture of wicker, encouraged quality handicrafts (basketry fine Origny-in-Thiérache) which made the reputation of the region in the early 19th century. The basket makers Thiérache were known in Paris for the refinement and elegance of their achievements. And it naturally Thiérache the early 20th century, came to recruit teachers from the Ecole Nationale de Basket-established in Fayl Billot, Champagne. The exhibition of fine basketry Thiérache held to account for the different stages of work around the wicker of the raw material to finished product. The visitor will discover and specialty fine basketry Thiérache, acreage wicker, modes of production (family basketry, basketry booster, basketry and handicraft cooperatives) illustrated by the exhibition of the tooling. The fine basketry Origny-in-Thiérache was obtained by the technique of split willow. This gives the rib. Besides the economic criterion, the exhibition also highlights the social aspect by studying the lives of weavers.
- Night of Museums in May
- Festival of Early Music and Baroque Saint-Michel in Thiérache: in June-July.
- Heritage Days: September.
| ATTRACTIONS, LEISURES AND ACTIVITES AROUND |
- Chateau des Ducs de Guise and Familistere Godin at Guise.
- Hippodrome de La Capelle.
- Ecomuseum Fourmies.
- Fortified Churches Thiérache.
- Remains of the Abbey Soignies.
- Chimay (Belgium).
- Museum Jean Mermoz in Aubenton (hometown of aviator).
- Charleville-Mezieres (54 km south of Saint-Michel).
 | Abbey Saint-Michel in Thiérache |  |
| |  | Winter morning on Abbey Saint-Michel | |
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 | Boizard Organ (1714) | |
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 | Cloister (seventeenth / eighteenth centuries) | |
| |  | Window Saint-Michel slaying of evil (nineteenth century) | |
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 | Chorus illuminated with candles (late 12th early thirteenth) | |
| |  | Allegory of Death (fifteenth century) | |
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 | Trolley Milking - Museum | |
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 | The manufacture of shoes - Museum | |
| |  | The Woodturner - Gallery | |
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 | Festival of Early Music and Baroque | |
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| www.abbaye-saintmichel.com | Abbey Saint-Michel in Thiérache |
| www.festival-saint-michel.fr | Festival of Early Music and Baroque |
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