Vouziers
Vouziers
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The capital of the Ardennes Argonne (at the border of the chalky Champagne and Lorraine) offers the serene face of a quiet little town.
Home of a philosopher and historian Hippolyte Taine.
The great aviator Roland Garros shot down Oct. 5, 1918, rests in its cemetery.
Do not miss the magnificent Renaissance portal of the Church of St. Maurille.
François is the first which contributed to the growth and wealth of the city by providing two great annual fairs.
You can taste the pavement Vouzinois, the tart juice ', the cake calf ...
Portal of the Church of St. Maurille: Following a boom in the early 16th century was born the project of building a nice big church Vouziers. The beautiful Renaissance portal by the architect Champagne Jehan Laurens is the testimony. The religious wars of the second half of the 16th and 17th put an end to this project and two centuries later the gate was awkwardly connected to the existing Gothic church. Open to the public all year round.
Tomb of Roland Garros: Driver became famous before the war broke records for. In air combat than October 5, 1918, Roland Garros was killed over Saint-Morel. He was buried in the military section of the French Civil Cemetery Vouziers.
Market: every Saturday of the year instead.
Trade show, craft and agriculture: the Ascension in downtown.
Day of the rail and flea market: August 15 at the port.
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Discovery Park Argonne Olizy Primate (open from April to early November): With "Journey to the Heart of the Night": an immersion in this wonderful world and scary too: the nightlife! We learn the life of bats as they hunt, the lives of owls, rodents ... In the "Park Wolves", three Wolves in ideal conditions for observing the edge of a vast enclosure wooded with the possibility to attend the dinner wolves to 16h. Another attraction, "Mission scientist" with its interactive experiences. How to study animal behavior? How to investigate? What are the techniques of researchers? And finally the "hammock-hop" to jump into the nets. Discovery Trails, games and puzzles for understanding the fauna of the Ardennes. The Park offers "The Animanuits" night out on the last Saturday of each month during the season on the theme of the wolf. New for 2012: the village of old trades, in seven cabins. Film screenings animal. Restaurant on site from April to August. Picnic area.
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| www.tourisme.argonne-ardennaise.fr | Tourist Office of the Argonne Ardennaise |
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