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0 of the Cathédrale St-Pierre-et- 16th-century rood screen that
resembles lacy foliage, grapes
St-Paul. The nave is bathed in
Troyes mauvish-red rays from the and figs. Beyond is a wall of
16th-century rose window, windows in browns, reds and
! E3 ⌂ Aube £ @ complemented by the dis- blues. The quaint ruelle des
n 16 rue Aristide Briand;
www.tourisme-troyes.com creet turquoise of the Tree of Chats, a cov ered passageway,
Jesse window and the intense connects rue Charbonnet and
Troyes is a delight, a city of blue of the medieval windows rue Champeaux.
Set in one of the best-
of the apse.
magnificent Gothic churches
EXPERIENCE Champagne half-timbered houses, in a his- glitters in the faded quarter Eglise St-Pantaléon. Its
Nearby, Eglise St-Nizier
preserved quarters is the
and charming 16th-century
torical centre shaped like a
Gothic and Renaissance
behind the cathedral with its
interior houses an imposing
shimmering tiled Burgundian
champagne cork. The city is
famous for its heritage of
roof. Inside, it is lit by windows
collection of 16th-century
in a range of warm mauves
statuary and severe grisaille
stained glass and andoui llettes
(sausages), as well as its long
and soothing blues.
windows. The 17th-century
established hosiery industry
Hôtel de Vauluisant contains
The Gothic Basilique
and factory shops.
(Regional Art Museum) and
buttresses and 13th-century
A splended vaulted interior
the Musée de la Bonneterie,
opens out from the battered St-Urbain boasts grand flying the Musée d’Art Champenois
windows. Eglise Ste-Madeleine
Flamboyant Gothic west front is noted for its elaborate dedicated to hosiery.
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Sedan
! F2 ⌂ Ardennes £ @
n 32 rue du Menil; www.
charleville-sedan-
tourisme.fr
Just to the east of Charleville
is the Château de Sedan, the
largest fortified castle in
Europe. There has been a
bastion on these slopes
since the 11th century, but
each Ardennes conflict has
spelled a new tier of defences
for Sedan.
In 1870, during the Franco-
Prussian War, with 700 Prussian
cannons turned on Sedan,
Napoleon III surrendered and
83,000 French prisoners were
deported to Prussia. In May
1940, after capturing Sedan,
German forces reached the
French coast a week later. The
seven-storey bastion contains
sections dating from early
medieval times to the 1550s.
Its high lights include the
16th-century fortifications,
the ramparts, and the magnif-
i cent 15th-century eaves in
one tower.
An impossing Gothic aisle
in Cathédrale St-Pierre-
et-St-Paul, Troyes
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