Tourist attractions Giffaumont-Champaubert

This artificial lake, which regulates the flow of the River Marne, is the largest in Europe (11 681 acres,1.5 times the size of Lac d'Annecy). It boasts the largest freshwater marina in France and six beaches. The nautical resort of Giffaumont makes ..

Some of the buildings of the ancient village of Nuisement-aux-Bois, which was swallowed up by water, have been reconstructed in this open-air museum. Centred on the old church, which remains consecrated to this day, they are intended to preserve the ..

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In a region where stone is hard to come by, oak was used to build half-timbered buildings, including several churches. One of them is Église Saint-Remi , reconstructed in the 16C around its Roman bell tower, which rises up out of the disused Ceffond..

«Voyottes» are the narrow streets in which were built small cob houses belonging to the brelleurs, the boatmen who delivered the wood up and down the Marne in flat-bottomed boats known as Marnois.

The iguanodon whose remains are on show here is the largest ever found in France, 11 metres long of which two metres is the neck. Definitely an attractive beast. There are interesting palaeontology, archaeology and ornithology collections... and some..

The Maestro of Art Nouveau Hector Guimard is the excuse for a thematic stroll through the streets of Saint-Dizier where many houses have been decorated in style. For examples look at the tulip door panel (29, Rue de la Commune de Paris) Rue de l'Arqu..