Discover The memory of stones

the talking stones in the forest of Halatte he stone, the basis of geology, shapes the landscapes and the T habitat of the - Pays de Regional Nature Park. ‘‘ It’s an opportunity The limestone deposited on the bottom of the sea during the Lutetian (45 million to talk years ago) is a source of local wealth. to our ancestors Regional Natural Park During the years, it was used as construc- Regional Natural Park ’’ tion material for rural houses and abbeys, Oise - Pays de France but also as a way to communicate beliefs Oise - Pays de France and customs of the day. These stones worked by people let us glimpse pieces of history by showing us the choices made by famous and humble inhabitants of this territory. 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Grouard, PNR Oise Pays de France. Do not discard on the street. Printed on recycled paper. Do not discard on the street. de France. PNR Oise Pays Grouard, D. - 03/09 Photo Credits: Royal Abbey Serge Ramond Museum, In the Halatte forest of Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel The memory of the walls 60700 The raised stones Place de Piegaro - 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte Stone tables, magic circles, menhirs, the Stones, witnesses of 700 years of history megalithic constructions Stones that speak of everyday life are the oldest monu- ments of humankind. Tél. +33 (0)3 44 72 33 98 Bounds or idols, these www.clubduvieuxmanoir.asso.fr Tél. +33 (0)3 44 24 54 81 stones rooted into the earth are scattered A walk through www.memoiremurs.com throughout the forest of Halatte and are the forest to discover Open : From March to evidences of the oldest human presence the outstanding stones November, from Tuesday Open : in the area. The Demoiselle of , the to Saturday : visits at 14:30 Every day except Tuesday Leaving from the parking of the “horned stone“, the “menhirs of Indrolles”, and 16:30. And legal holidays from Grand Maître post : Sunday : visits at 10:30, 11:30, 14:00 to 18:00. the “wild boar” and the “horse of Chancy” - For the obelisk : 1/2h, 1km400 14:00, 15:30 and 17:00. Rates : dolmen are doubtlessly the first spiritual Adult : 4,60e return trip. Standing with your back Rates : manifestation that humans erected here in Child : 2,30e to the forester’s house, take the path 6e for adults, By visiting the Serge Ramond Neolithic. Group A : 3,80e free for children Museum, you will find the beautiful that climbs between the Douglas pine Group E : 1,80e calligraphy recounting the visit to The obelisk of the king of Rome trees (plot # 10). Walking down to the back of the hill, you will find on round 1292, Philippe Beau- the Abbey, women dealt with politics. the abbey’s caves in 1828 by Marie- This obelisk was built in 1811 to celebrate the right the fountain of lilies and the manoir, bailiff (magistrate) Thus in 1535, three queens met to Thérèse de France, daughter of Louis XVI the birth of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise reated by Serge Ramond, of people of the past. The museum has obelisk between the tall trees. Retrace of Senlis, first on the banks re-enforce an unsteady peace, and the last Dauphine of France. “THE of Austria’s son, and instituted king of A devoted collector of graffiti, the 22 rooms on 4 levels where the casts your steps. of Oise, built a mansion with stones successfully enacted by the mothers DAUPHINE VISITED THIS CAVE ON Rome by his father to dare Pope Pius museum Memory of the walls are chronologically and thematically - For the Chancy dolmen : 1/2h, 1km600 mined from the place. This probably of François 1st and Charles Quint, MAY 22, 1828.» C VII. Why here and by whom ? We know In 1923, the bishop of bought has more than 3500 inscriptions and exhibited. On the first floor, you can see return trip. In the parking from beside ruined him, because at his death in 6 years previously (la Paix des Dames). She left another engraved message nothing. This homage to Napoleon was the abbey to make a small seminary. The relief casts evoking the daily life of their in 4 rooms engravings from Picardie, the forester’s house take the road of the 1296, the mansion was confiscated In 1792, the last abbess and a few at age 16, in another history laden made probably to revive the healthy site was transformed in prison camp authors. Discover these testimonies and found on the walls of churches, cast- Grand Maître, and then follow the first by King Philip the Beautiful, to pay his faithful nuns were expelled by the place, the prison of the Tour du Temple in management of the forest of Halatte between 1939 and 1945. A boarding travel in time from the Second World War les and dungeons, and in the abbey of path that turns to the right. At the debts to the royal treasury. He municipal officers who took over school maintained the site until 1982. Paris, where witnesses saw these words : after a period of neglect following II to prehistorical ages. On church walls, Moncel. crossroad continue straight, and then converted the mansion into a royal the building. The church vanished in Then, it was entrusted to the “ Club “Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte is the unhap- the revolution of 1789. After its castle walls, in dungeons, towers, wind- before you arrive to the asphalt road, castle whose towers we can still see 1795, sold stone by stone as national du Vieux Manoir ’’, which brought it piest person in the world. She cannot construction, the obelisk was covered receive any news about her mother... Oh mills, underground quarries, on rocks, etc., take the path turning to the right today. He died in 1314 in a hunting goods. Thus ceases the activity of back to life by bringing young builders people left their strongest impressions with very simple graffiti when for training to work in stone. God, forgive those who murdered my beside a big tree marked with white. accident in the forest of Halatte. But the royal Abbey, after 450 years of by engraving them in the stone...writings, compared to those from Serge Since then, the abbey is open to the parents...” Unfortunately, Serge Ramond beforehand, he founded in 1309 a royal existence. Wine merchants occupy the symbols religious, military, erotica, boats, Ramond museum. public for commented visits, works- was never able to recover this inscription the abbey next to the castle, built with caves of the convent because the cool castles, mills, ... hops, conferences, receptions, and prison being destroyed by Napoleon I. stones mined from the best stone stone vaults have efficient preserving It is in 1969 that Serge Ramond discovers The fountain of lilies quarries of Pontpoint. properties. exhibitions or to shoot movies and There, the stones make the running advertising ads. graffiti in the Senlis church. He becomes Once the work was finished in 1335, aware of the exceptional heritage water whisper while re-emerging the first nuns moved in. King Philip VI Visiting this highly historical from under impermeable clay layers. place will allow you to discover engraved on stones of old buildings and de Valois used to come here regularly This spring was undoubtedly water magnificent evidences of gothic decides to collect them. With a soft to hunt and pray, with his wife, Queen source for travellers and their animals architecture : vaulted caves of paste, he takes an imprint and then Jeanne de Bourgogne, whose entrails that were using this long road through impressive size, cloister and makes a plaster cast. Giving a finish to are buried under the pavement of the chartered room (treasure room) his composition, Serge Ramond presents the forest connecting Pontpoint church. During the most auspicious with central pillars bearing crocket a perfect reproduction of the original. to Apremont and passing through period, 60 sisters of noble blood lancets, monolithical common Across Europe, he collected wall prints . resided here. Among the stones of washstands....