The cathedral was rebuilt on the Romanesque foundations of a cathedral destroyed by fire in 1230. The nave, flooded with light, has a sensation of lightness with its slender triforium crowned by large windows. Beautiful stained glass bears witness to..

An old Collegiate Church which was begun in the Romanesque style, but the vaults, the chancel stalls and the chevet are in the early Gothic style. The austere facade looking down on the Mau canal waters, has a powerful attraction. The nave is lit by ..

This museum houses some remarkable sculptures coming from excavations carried out since 1960 in a Romanesque cloister. In the large hall, a series of 55 Statue-columns representing the prophets, important biblical figures and the saints is the chief ..

Somewhat eclectic, the collections do contain some attractive pieces: the recumbent figure of Blanche of Navarre (1252), the retable of the Passion sculpted in polychrome wood around 1500, a head of John the Baptist by Rodin. An archaeology room dedi..

In this street (formerly called Rue de la Bassinerie) the middle classes lived in the even numbers, the workers in the odd numbers: crossing the street one way or the other was imbued with important social significance! There is a house in Art Nouvea..

The brackets here, these are cast-iron plaques that numerous people have placed in this passage in which you will see at the end of the courtyard the old doorway of Saint-Loup

Designed in the 18 C on an old estate of the Bishop, this vast area, crossed by the Avenue du Maréchal-Leclerc comprises three sections; the Petit Jard, a country garden in the style of Napoléon III with a flower clock extends along the Mau canal whi..

The church was built inside some houses in the 12 C in a mixture of styles, late Gothic and Renaissance. Some Renaissance stained-glass windows, magnificent grisaille compositions, light up chapels on the lower right side.

It is within the House of the Dubois de Crancé, the town governors, that the library is set up. Wood panelling from the 18 C, bookbindings and manuscripts (but not their most precious The Romance of the Rose and the Prayer book annotated by Mari An..

Nicolas Durand built this from 1772-1776. An entrance hall with 28 columns, a large salon decorated with Louis XVI pilasters. It is here, a plaque reminds us, that in 1921 the American Unknown Soldier was nominated.

Looking out over the Mau, the rear facade of the old convent of the Notre-Dame community is decorated with quarried chalkstone and red bricks.

The old Vidame house has a middle class interior from the 19 C decorated with paintings from the 14 to 19 C. On the second floor, there is a collection of models depicting French monuments.

This occupies the old town house of the administrators of Champagne built between 1759 and 1756 by J-G.Legrendre and Nicolas Durand. This marks the transition between the Louis X style and Louis XVI.

A blue mosaic representing Europe is in this square surrounded by buildings both old (the Vinetz convent which houses the Administration offices of the Departement) and modern (Archives of the Departement)

These occupy an old Vinetz convent with a wood-panelled facade; the chapel's facade has been constructed like a triumphal arch.

Created in 1985 this centre for circus artists is installed in a circus constructed in 1887 on the model of the Winter Circus in Paris.

Rouillé d'Orfeuil, administrator from 1764 to 1789 had this triumphal gate erected by Nicolas Durand and dedicated to Marie-Antoinette wife-to-be of the future Louis XVI. It was called then the Dauphin gate. Ironically, Marie-Antoinette came back to ..

A raised square allows access to part of the Church rebuilt in the 14 C. There is a small chapel of the Archers added to the lower south side. Romanesque nave opening out on to choir stalls sweeping up to a flat chevet.