Toy soldier museum in Compiegne with 100,000 unique exhibits History The region of Compiegne was the Churches scene of several major historical events There are strong links to both World and its current identity portrays these Wars in the Compiegne region: memories from the past. Go back in The Armistice Clearing (1918). time! Discover our castles, museums Vestiges of the WW1 front and monuments. Royalieu museum and memorial, which was an internment camp The church in Croutoy The stained glass window during WW2 and from where in the church of Jonquieres many were deported between 1941-1945. A link between the past and the future, our gothic or roman churches are a reflection of our civilization. Discover our religious heritage in i n P a y s C o m p i é g n o i the Compiegne region, admire their majestic s architecture. Take time to enjoy a moment of emotion and serenity. e d i s y r t n u o C Statue of the & Grand Ferré, hero of the 100 -year y r o t s i war, in Longueil- H Sainte-Marie A stone marking the final advance of the German army in 1918 and one of figures at WW1 remembrance trial on the front in Tracy-le-Mont Pavillon Eugénie : hunting residence of Napoleon III The chapel Lorette in l o r i Bailleul-le-Soc e g u o F . B : © Saint-Jacques church in Compiegne Royalieu museum & memorial in Compiegne, visit the internment Inside the Armistice railway camp from where many were deported between 1941-1945 carriage Mysterious ,slightly scary atmosphere in the underground gallery of the chateau de Pierrefonds (The medieval castle, r setting for the BBC series “Merlin”) e i r i o s i o n g é i p m o C s y a P e i d r a c i P e s i O < The organ in the church < P Lion statue at the park in Attichy . The Imperial Palace in Compiegne: the Empress Eugenie’s of Longueil-Sainte-Marie M The church in Saint-Vaast de Longmont : bedroom © Le Pays Compiégnois e l l i Enjoy the countryside! Horse riding, L rambling or cycling in 14,500 hectares > A breath Charming TGV train station The Presbytery Haute Picardie of one of the most beautiful forests in 1 in Saintines A France. Pedalos on the lake, walking by Beauvais international airport the river or fishing are just some of the exit 10 Roue> n Compiègne of fresh villages N 31 Soissons many possibilities to relax in the area. Beauvais exit 9 Reims Fortified doorway to the 12th century > air abbey in Saint-Jean-aux-Bois Paris CDG airport TGV train station Paris Access to the Compiegne région 40 mins drive from Paris C.D.G Via the A26 & A1 motorway from airport (60 km) . Calais : 45 mins drive from Beauvais • 220 km from the Channel tunnel international airport (61 km). • 75 km from Paris 40 mins from TGV train station • 150 km from Lille. (Haute Picardie) via the A1 motor - 40 mins by train from Paris (Gare way (60 km). Stone bridge in Clairoix du Nord - Eurostar terminal). A C C C Compiegne Tourist Office Pierrefonds Tourist Office - E P Place de l'Hôtel de Ville & Communauté de C C - BP 30009 Communes du Canton A B C 60321 Compiègne d’Attichy C - C Tel. : +33(0)3 44 40 01 00 Place de l’Hôtel de Ville R A - [email protected] 60350 Pierrefonds e v y r h www.compiegne-tourisme.fr Tel. : +33(0)3 44 42 81 44 c S . C www.pierrefonds-tourisme.net - n o s l i G A typical stone P J : cottage in the © / Communauté de Communes Communauté de Communes 1 district of Attichy 1 0 2 de la Basse Automne de la Plaine d’Estrées n i u 13, rue Saint-Pierre 1, rue de la Plaine J 60410 Verberie BP 15 Tel. : +33(0)3 44 38 00 73 60190 Estrées-Saint-Denis One of fifty sculptu - [email protected] Tel. : +33(0)3 44 41 31 43 red wells in Cuise-la- www.cc-ba.com [email protected] In a village tucked away in the heart of Motte the forest, sitting by the water or www.ccplaine-estrees.com relaxing in the peacefulness of the countryside around Compiegne! C om es The village of Hautefontaine muna stré uté d'E de Communes de la Plaine 2 Paradise for Le Pays The Beaux-Monts In the heart of Compiegne forest this impressive 5km straight path goes up from the palace to a hill opposite nature-lovers Compiégnois giving a fantastic perspective from either end. This area of the forest was cleared by Napoleon 1st to remind his young wife, Marie-Louise of Austria of the Schonbrunn castle (residence of the Habsburgs) in her homeland. The legend has it that the path was cut overnight! 4 Sainte- Périne lake 1 3 In the heart of the forest The Imperial the lake and a residence The Armistice palace in belonging to the forestry Clearing Compiegne commission.. A symbol of victory and peace, The imperial palace in Compiegne was one the museum houses an exact of the favorite royal residencies. It was replica of the railway carriage rebuilt in the 18th century by Louis V on the in which the Armistice of the site of the castle of Charles V. Restored First World War was signed on under Napoleon Bonaparte, it was the November 11th 1918 by scene to many lavish receptions called "les Marshal Foch (France), series de Compiegne" these were week Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss long gatherings for prestigious guests (Great Britain) and the German during the Second Empire (Napoleon lll). generals and government Nampcel The palace grounds were designed by representatives. Jacques-Ange Gabriel. Today it houses several museums: "les Grands appartements", the Automobile Tracy-le-Mont Museum... Hémévillers N 6 Moulin-sous-Touvent Montmartin O E S Janville Francières Bienville Autrêches Rémy Lachelle Clairoix Choisy-au-Bac 12 Saint-Crépin-aux-Bois Margny-lès- P Compiègne Estrées- P P Saint-Pierre-lès-Bitry Saint-Denis Rethondes 1 3 Bailleul-le-Soc se P L Berneuil-sur-Aisne Bitry Moyvillers Venette ’Oi ’Ais Attichy 6 L Compiègne ne 5 P The Zouave P P 2 P Epineuse P memorial Arsy Jaux P Trosly-Breuil Chelles Vieux-Moulin Couloisy Avrigny Canly Jonquières Cuise-la-Motte National monument for the P P P Jaulzy This typical village in the Zouaves of France. Courtieux district of Attichy has This is one of several Blincourt many typical stone remembrance sites along 11 cottages. the WW1 front in L’Oise, Croutoy many Zouave soldier The oldest part of this Choisy-la-Victoire Grandfresnoy P (fromnorth Africa) were church dates from the 13th Armancourt buried alive during 12 century, it has had a Le Fayel Le Meux "the underground war" The church turbulent past. It now has Hautefontaine in 1915-1917. two harmonized styles ; the P in Rémy Longueil- end of the Gothic period Chelles 8 and the Renaissance. Greek Sainte-Marie P La Croix Saint Ouen Chevrières Rivecourt 5 inspiration contributes to 4 P P P Saint-Etienne- it’s originality. Some of the P P Saint-Jean-aux-Bois stained glass windows by Pierrefonds 7 Roilaye L’Abbé Deligny are quite Houdancourt original for the period 7 (1860). P Saint-Sauveur P Cycle tracks Pierrefonds cas - P tle Campsites 11 P Verberie Saintines The fairy-tale medievieval castle that 9 was entirely rebuilt by the architect Sainte Catherine’s 10 Railway station 8 N 10 Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century on the E F I church in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre - request of Napoleon lll. It dominates the Saint Vaast 6 Grandfresnoy Aramont Marina 0 small town and the lake in Pierrefonds. 0 2 - Hautefontaine castle de Longmont r e Carpark v Béthisy-Saint-Martin P o Situated in the woods of C d n Grandfresnoy the chancel is In Verberie near the river Oise Charlemagne a L e n the village’s last vestige of the had a great palace built,despite several This charming village situated in the i r o demolitions over the centuries you can now C Middle Ages. There is a valley of L’Aisne has an attractive - flaboyant stained glass window find the chateau built by the Seigneur of Raray Scale : 1 cm = 1,25 km building called "L’audience" dating N G I Néry - and the principal vault is and established as a fief by Louis 13th. from the 17th century, it was E G decorated with the wheel of originally a courtroom. A H T Sainte Catherine. R A C D 9 B - p Béthisy- a M t e Saint-Pierre e r t S castle n e p O - M The castle in Béthisy-Saint- S O , Pierre was a royal residence C R where many royals from the A - Capitien dynasty stayed from s e c u the 14th century onwards. It has o d 14th and 15th century military s n o s architecture. i a i l s e é n n o d : s e c r u o S.