Ligny-en-Barrois

• Church of Our Lady of Virtues, sixteenth, eighteenth, nineteenth centuries: The first parish church dedicated to Saint Martin dates from the tenth century. Destroyed in 1544 during the siege of the city by the troops of Emperor Charles V, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style in 1552. The side gates, south and north, made in 1633, have identical architectural composition inspired by the Baroque. In the nineteenth century, on both sides of the choir are decorated chapels and the sacristy. In 1862 the bell tower was added in 1897 and the entrance gate.
• Asylum St. Charles nineteenth century: The building erected in 1865, funded largely by the mother superior of the hospice, acted as "nursery" for young children. Ceded to the city in 1882, he became a nursery school which welcomed students into the 90s now, asylum houses an exhibition hall, the public library and the Tourist Office.
• City Hall, eighteenth century: The communication between the two chambers "enclosure of the city" and "enclosure of the castle" was done through Bocquet door. The imposing entrance, called the passage of the inter-bridges (beginning of the current rue de Strasbourg), was composed of a double drawbridge. In 1719, the county Ligny became the property of the Duchy of Lorraine.
• Rue de Strasbourg: Between 1745 and 1775 Ligny-en-Barrois acquires major axes on which stands a noble and homogeneous civil architecture. In 1746, the Castle of the Counts is destroyed in order to draw a broad avenue, the streets of Strasbourg. The stones of the castle would have been used in the construction of canonical houses and a monumental gateway called Royal door or Strasbourg.
• Tour Valéran, twelfth, fourteenth, nineteenth centuries: The door of Moulins, allowing access to "the enclosure of the castle", was flanked by the tower and the tower Valéran Cannons, destroyed in 1878. Begun in the twelfth century The tower was completed in the reign of Valéran III, count of 1374 to 1415. These steps appear on this building. Its military function is recalled by loopholes, gunboats and battlements. This in turn was born in 1369, Pierre de Luxembourg.
• Notre Dame des Fosses, fifteenth, twentieth centuries: Originally, this statue dominated the Notre Dame tower, one of the five rounds of "enclosure of the castle." With Notre Dame des Moulins and Our Lady of Virtues, it is the third "lady" of Ligny. At this point flowed a source curative relieving eye pain. This explains the presence of many offerings. In 1763, the castle to be demolished, the statue is moved and placed in this niche.
• Chemin des Canons: The defenses, raised from the eleventh century, is constituted of two separate entities, one around the castle and the other around town. They were each surrounded by a rampart and ditch separated them.
• City Park: This large park historical monument was created in the fifteenth. Purchased by the city in 1794, he became a flower garden in the nineteenth century. Part of the park borders the river Ornain and has just been restored, it promises beautiful walks along the water, through the new romantic walkways that lead visitors to the park kiosk. In the other part is a commemorative altar Gaston Broquet, dedicated to the fallen linéens during the First World War, and two beautiful statues, allegories of Anthropology and Chemistry, from the Trocadero in Paris.
• Heritage House: Come and discover the history of the city on the occasion of the new exhibition of the Heritage House. This showcase of the past is located 12 rue de Strasbourg at the foot of the city walls. The exhibition called "The builders of the past" sheds light on constructions in the Middle Ages techniques, the history of the battle of 1544 Ligny-en-Barrois against the troops of Charles V and finally on the reconstruction of the city thanks to the " sponsorship "of Marguerite de Savoie.
• The Lorgnon Lineen: Delicious delicacies offered by the pastries of Ligny, which combine chocolate - milk, white or black - and a ganache made from mashed currant. We know when we started... you never know when it stops...

• Weekly market: Friday morning.
• Spring and Autumn Fair: in April and September.

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