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A86 Tourist Office La Marne 12 River stop Pier Gourdine Marne river Retrace your steps and go around the town hall Lesches Quai de la Wander through the alleys, enjoy 12 Quai Saint-Père Square 6 to the front of the abbey church Notre-Dame Quai Savarin aujo Carnetin Foucher de Careil Square 11 des Ardents d. This building was probably A104 10 the town’s heritage and provincial Rue Gambetta Paul Tessier Thorigny- Lagnysur Marne constructed on the site of a monastery built sur-Marne Place Rue du Château Fort Gare SNCF Marchande Rue d’Orgemont SNCF Lagny-Thorigny charm, stroll along the quays... Quai du Pré Long Rue R. Lallemant Rue du Ch. de Fer Square around 650 by the Irish monk, Saint Fursy. Rue Delambre Rhin et Danube History and the A3centuries have witnessed these

Rue J. le Paire Lagny-sur- Disneyland Paris Travel through time to the heart numerous transformations, restorations and Marne Montévrain Gare TGV-RER Rue Saint- Marne la Vallée reconstructions. In 1205 work began on a Saint-Thibault- Chessy of its history when it began in the Pass. des Écoles des-Vignes grandiose project: an abbey church 110 metres Conches sur Chanteloup- Gare RER Gondoire en-Brie Sauveur9 Rue des Tanneurs Rue des Étuves Serris - Montévrain 650s to today. long with a vault 27 metres high. Unfortunately Val d'Europe RER A Bussy-Saint-Martin Gare RER it never progressed beyond the choir beside Torcy Bussy-Saint-Georges Rue Saint-Denis the nave of the previous edifice. After this nave Carrefour Gare RER de Verdun Rue Gambetta disappeared in the 17th century, a steeple was Bussy-St-Georges Rue Paul Bert Cour de l’Abbaye : cartographie et réalisation Conception, < Direction A4 This is built, then a second which now opens onto an Paris place de la Fontaine 1 Collégien

Rue du the centre of the historical medievala , a square town. in Rue d’Austerlitz 8 Rue Saint-PaulTemple 5 imposing choir: 48 metres long and 37 metres d Still an active market square, it has been the wide. The chapels with different depths rhythm 7 3 4 Square stage for markets and famous Champagne Av. de la République Rue Saint-Furcy the apse. On the western wall, on either side of Rue Haubert Rue des 2 Jeanne d’Arc trade fairs for almost nine centuries. RueJ. lePaire l’Aître Lions 6 the organ case, there are vestiges of the 12th Rue de 1 5 Behind the town hall, away from the urban Rue du Dr Naudier century nave. In the chapel dedicated to the In the middle of the square, the bustle, is the surprising courtyard of the Rue St-Laurent A6 Vierge Marie, 2 events have marked the history Saint-Fursy fontaine Place Foch Place de Place de la Fontaine Rue H. Bouteiller abbey. In the past there were barns and COSTA DA Bernard © has passed through centuries Rue Vacheresse l’Hôtel de Ville of the abbey church. In 1126, decimated for and eras, which its different elements show: Rue de la stables here. In the centre towers a majestic Glaissière the second time in a century by the terrible a central tank from the 12th century and Rue P. paulownia in a small, green, fenced area. Square «ergotism» (a strong fever caused by ergot bronze patterns from the 16th century where d’Haslach Lacrique Rue des Poids In Spring this Chinese tree is covered with fungi which infects rye), the population flocked ntil aux Lombards Gallieni L Lagny-sur Marne is one of the 18 districts in the Communauté the «miraculous» water flows from. N t Ge al a Boulevard du G e e pretty lilac flowers which have a violet ill M to the chapel and the misfortune was stopped ie Rue St-Laurent du S d’Agglomération de Marne et Gondoire. the legend says that the Irish monk, Indeed, Fursy hit V e perfume. On the façade of no.5, «Le Méridien», e lé by their prayers. A104 A region with a subtle blend of modernism and tradition, O E l Boulevard i n a rock with his stick, causing spring water A Square a sundial tells the time «sic vita fugit»:

Orly e a preserved natural environment, cultural heritage with soothing qualities to gush out. Paul Lévêque Jeanne d’Arc tread on Lagny-sur-Marne soil S al «So life flies». and remarkable history. de Gaulle Boulevard Charpentier SNCF 3 times. In 1430, she prayed with young girls and The team of Marne and Gondoire Tourist Office invites you Pedestrian area a child thought dead for 3 daysTGV came Sud-Est back to to discover the region and wishes you an enjoyable visit. 100 meters life just long enough to be baptised. It is for this reason that Jeanne d’Arc was canonised several centuries later. It is noteworthy that 3 2 Next to the Cinq Pignons, the Lagny-sur-Marne joined the prized circle of the The square is surrounding by buildings. passage de l’Arcade is the former Villes Johannique in 2013. Fotolia - Minoret B. - Godin -J. OTMG - Lagny-sur-Marne de Ville - Triffault C. : photos Crédits The oldest, the Cinq Pignons a , with its access to the Saint-Pierre abbey. The oldest stained glass windows were five gables, was host to the Champagne c This sole entrance in the abbey’s created by Claudius Lévêque in the second trade fairs. Traders from all over Europe took rampart was closed with a wooden half of the 19th century. The blue shelter there for nearly two centuries. This portcullis. Its traces can still be seen 4 ones, situated near the Vierge Marie Office de Tourisme de Marne & Gondoire

covered market still has the arcades from on the walls. The front wall bears 2015-2016 Année The town hall chapel, created by Calixte Poupart, 2 rue du Chemin de Fer that period in the 12th and 13th century, the revolutionary inscription from b is installed in the former 77400 Lagny-sur-Marne - convent buildings. Go inside to enjoy the were inaugurated in 1955. which open onto vaulted areas help up by 1793, «Unité Indivisible de la Répu [email protected] sight of the 18th century cloister strong pillars. Little by little the edifice grew blique, Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité c The abbey church was classified as the view of the patio where works by and 01 64 02 15 15 and changed. Today, it is home to businesses, ou la Mort»: Indivisible unity of a national heritage site in 1886. Lagny-sur-Marne artists are regularly tourisme.marneetgondoire.fr particularly Thé Art Café, one of Lagny-sur- the Republic, Liberty, Equality, exhibited. The paintings in the first floor Marne’s trendy addresses: a combination Fraternity or Death». Once inside, of a San Francisco Coffee House, a Parisian note the engraved crosses on the gallery are a reminder that Lagny-sur- Marne was one of the artistic melting pots literary café and a tearoom in London. southern wall of the passage which Marne et Gondoire Tourisme a indicate that the place is under b of neoimpressionism painting. d d’hui divine protection. d’hie rt of th he he a e an In the Square Paul Tessier you can still climb up ve t cien Le a t m the tour desaujo pêcheurs: from the Middle Ages On your way back to the place de la Fountain, in the ed the town was protected by a fortified wall. It had riquerue du Temple, you will see the remains of the From the Middles Ages, the existing ie 5 doors and 11 towers, lined with deep trenches. ancient Saint-Fursy church rue des Tanneurs was a noisy, lively va . Admire the finesse of l The tour des pêcheurs is the last remaining vestige place due to the many tanneries where t the arches and the sculpted garlands which frame o visible to the eye. It still has part of its round pathway animal skins were worked into leather. w f the portal e. It shows fantastic animals and and an arrow slit through which it was possible to The craftsmen used water from the Ru, an n strange figures entangled in leaves and bunches of watch over a wooden bridge, which once stood in old arm of the Marne river which no longer a grapes. The vine was indeed an important part of n the place of the existing Manoury bridge. the local cultural landscape until the 19th century. exists. In the 19th century the tanneries d h Today, at the foot of this bridge, the Marne and On the 19th July 1683, this church received were moved to the west of the town on the e a Gondoire Tourist Office team welcomes and Louis XIV who donated an altarpiece with golden banks of the Marne, where there were also d . f ne informs visitors all year round in a colourful and columns, today conserved in the Notre-Dame des e lime kilns and shipbuilding to facilitate o r r Ma dynamic area. It also manages the river pier which Ardents church. the transport of gypsum from the Annet- the the Sold during the French Revolution, practically sur-Marne quarries. ban ks of provides a comfortable stop for sailors and safe nothing remains of this church. A brasserie is now 10 access to boats for excursions and other activities. Further on, the At nightfall, the pier f , with its very contem­porary installed in what remains. rue du Château Fort named after the 9 château Trompette, or «trumpet castle», which was design, is lit up by countless LEDs, decorating the Tourist Office previously located on the corner of the rue Jacques Marne with multicoloured reflections. 12 COSTA DA Bernard © River stop Pier Lepaire and the quai du Pré Long. It served to alert 7 Marne river Gourdine In the Foucher de Careil square, the Gatien-Bonnet Quai de la in the event of invasion from the Marne river and 12 Quai Saint-Père Square museum g is home to collections of archaeo­ Quai Savarin Foucher de Careil reinforced the western fortification of the town, hence Square 11 logy, local history, heritage of the town and the 10 Rue Gambetta Paul Tessier its distinctive name. The rue du Château Fort was the At the end of the rue du Temple, the rue Saint-Paul 8 Place Rue du Château Fort 19th century artists who worked together in the Marchande Rue d’Orgemont site of much activity with the loading and unloading of still has examples of civil architecture from different Quai du Pré Long Rue R. Lallemant Rue du Ch. de Fer Square «Groupe de Lagny», a neoimpressinism move- Rue Delambre Rhin et Danube boats which stopped in the port, close the the market periods. The de la Planchette wash house, with its ment which glorified the banks of the Marne. N Rue J. le Paire square. Many seamen and millers lived there.

roofs made from timber framing, sheltered washer­ Rue Saint- women from 1834. This meeting place was the subject O E Pass. des Écoles of a municipal decree which ordered quiet - which 11 Sauveur Rue des Tanneurs Rue des Étuves must have been very difficult, even impossible! S 9

The basin, which is supplied with Saint-Fursy spring Rue Saint-Denis water, is still a place for exchanges with regular Carrefour de Verdun Rue Gambetta The banks which were landscaped during the second part of the 19th events organised by the town. Cour de l’Abbaye Rue Paul Bert 12 At the end of the street, on your right, the historical century are lined with quays open to walkers

Rue du : the quai Saint-Père, Hôtel de l’Arquebuse received Marie Victoire Joséphine Rue d’Austerlitz 8 Rue Saint-PaulTemple 5 quai Savarin and quai de la Gourdine. A the end of the quai de la Gourdine there were 2 ports which have now disappeared. Now enjoy Auchard, the wet-nurse of the King of Rome, son of 7 3 4 Square Av. de la République Rue Saint-Furcy the Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts square (named after Lagny-sur-Marne’s g Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie-Louise, during her Rue Haubert Rue des 2 Jeanne d’Arc RueJ. lePaire l’Aître Lions 6 twin town in Quebec). last years in the 19th century. Rue de 1 At the other end, a half-timbered house from the Rue du Dr Naudier The quai de la Gourdine was opposite the towpath bank. The Thorigny- Rue St-Laurent Lagny end of the Middle Ages has a beautiful, external Place Foch Place de sur-Marne and Pomponne banks were used for towing. The barges la Fontaine Place de Rue H. Bouteiller spiral staircase. Rue Vacheresse l’Hôtel de Ville and canal boats were towed by horses, donkeys and sometimes men. Lagnysur Marne

Rue de la Glaissière Square Rue P. h d’Haslach Lacrique Rue des Poids At the end of the 19th century beautiful bourgeois homes were built on the quai til aux Lombards Gallieni en al Heritage G Boulevard du G et Heritage e ill M de la Gourdine in millstone grit. Many Parisians enjoyed the calmness of the area ie Rue St-Laurent V du e lé for boating, fishing and romantic walks. They also liked the cold baths and many l Boulevard Centre A Square Paul Lévêque open-air dance halls. Go as far as no.131 of quai deh rowing la Gourdine club’s to buildings. appreciate al de Gaulle Boulevard Charpentier Pedestrian area the architecture of the Société Nautique d’Aviron The rowing club has been organising boat races, water-polo matches and Tourist circuit 100 meters bord regattas since 1905. marne Seine-et-Marne