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Rimaucourt

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:42:39 +0000

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Rimaucourt, located about 20 km northeast of Chaumont, has an extraordinary chapel in the centre of the cemetery.

Rimaucourt

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:07:05 +0000

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Rimaucourt, located about 20 km northeast of Chaumont, has an extraordinary chapel in the centre of the cemetery.

Chaumont - Mairie

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:19:19 +0000

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Chaumont (pop. ~ 22.000) is located in the centre of Haute Marne.

Peasants and artisans settled around an early existing fortified motte and so started the development of Chaumont, owned since the 12th century by the Counts of Champagne.

Many people know the impressive Viaduc de Chaumont ("Chaumont viaduct"), 52 m high and 600 m long, constructed 1855-1856. But the town has as well a nice city hall, built in the 1920s.

Chaumont - Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:32:49 +0000

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Chaumont (pop. ~ 22.000) is located in the centre of Haute Marne.

Peasants and artisans settled around an early existing fortified motte and so started the development of Chaumont, owned since the 12th century by the Counts of Champagne.

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"Saint-Jean-Baptiste" was built at the beginning of the 13th century to meet the needs of a growing population. It was made a collegiate church in 1474 by Pope Sixtus IV and raised to "basilica minor" in 1948 by Pope Pius XII.

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Strange little creatures populate the vines. There must have been a species of snails in medieval times, that fortunately go extinct meanwhile. Aggressive horror-snails!

Chaumont - Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 21:37:29 +0000

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Chaumont (pop. ~ 22.000) is located in the centre of Haute Marne.

Peasants and artisans settled around an early existing fortified motte and so started the development of Chaumont, owned since the 12th century by the Counts of Champagne.

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"Saint-Jean-Baptiste" was built at the beginning of the 13th century to meet the needs of a growing population. It was made a collegiate church in 1474 by Pope Sixtus IV and raised to "basilica minor" in 1948 by Pope Pius XII.

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The Entombment of Christ ("mise au tombeau") is known in art since the 11th century, though the icon was rarely seen in medieval times. At the beginning of the Renaissance, the "Mise au Tombeau" got very popular in France.

Here is a 15th-century mise au tombeau, which was donated by the Amboise family who were bailiffs of Chaumont.

Chaumont - Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:47:09 +0000

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Chaumont (pop. ~ 22.000) is located in the centre of Haute Marne.

Peasants and artisans settled around an early existing fortified motte and so started the development of Chaumont, owned since the 12th century by the Counts of Champagne.

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"Saint-Jean-Baptiste" was built at the beginning of the 13th century to meet the needs of a growing population. It was made a collegiate church in 1474 by Pope Sixtus IV and raised to "basilica minor" in 1948 by Pope Pius XII.

-The "Tree of Jesse" was carved 1530/40. The limestone sculpture is 4,50m high and (at the base) 3,20m wide. Jesse sitting in the centre is asleep. The tree is crowned with a Madonna and Child. On the first branch, on the left, sits David carrying his harp. Below him on the ground lies Goliath's enormous head.

Chaumont - Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:21:26 +0000

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Chaumont - Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:33:46 +0000

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Chaumont - Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:19:46 +0000

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Chaumont (pop. ~ 22.000) is located in the centre of Haute Marne.

Peasants and artisans settled around an early existing fortified motte and so started the development of Chaumont, owned since the 12th century by the Counts of Champagne.

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"Saint-Jean-Baptiste" was built at the beginning of the 13th century to meet the needs of a growing population. It was made a collegiate church in 1474 by Pope Sixtus IV and raised to "basilica minor" in 1948 by Pope Pius XII.

The double tower facade and the central nave date from the 13th century, while the lateral naves and the flamboyant side portal, seen here, were added to the structure within the 14th and 15th century.

Chaumont - Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 21:15:07 +0000

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Chaumont - Les Halles

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:43:36 +0000

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Chaumont (pop. ~ 22.000) is located in the centre of the Departenement Haute Marne.

Peasants and artisans settled around an early existing fortified motte and so started the development of Chaumont, owned since the 12th century by the Counts of Champagne.

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Les Halles - a nice 19th-century building right in town.

Joinville - Hôtel du Soleil d'Or

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 09:54:01 +0000

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In 2005 I stayed in the Hôtel du Soleil d'Or on my walk from Trier (Trèves) to Vezelay. At that time I was pretty exhausted, as there was not much rest between Vaucouleur and Joinville, so I stayed a day longer. Meanwhile, the hotel has new, young owners - and a garden terrace!

The cuisine has changed, but is still good!

Sauté de porc aigre douce, risotto aux courgettes

Joinville - Hôtel du Soleil d'Or

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:52:28 +0000

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Joinville - Hôtel du Soleil d'Or

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:35:00 +0000

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Joinville - Hôtel du Soleil d'Or

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:08:49 +0000

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Parnoy-en-Bassigny - Abbaye de Morimond

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:52:02 +0000

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The Morimond Abbey was founded in 1115 by Stephan Harding, the third abbot of Cîteaux, financially supported by Odelric of Aigremont and his wife Adeline of Choiseul. Morimond was one of Cistercian primary abbeys (abbaye primaire"), whose importance in medieval times was immense.

After establishing Morimond, the first abbot here, Arnaud I (aka "Arnold the German", started to found numerous colonies ("filiation") in France, Germany, Poland, Bohemia, Spain, Cyprus and England. Just to name a few: Kamp Abbey (1123), Ebrach Abbey (1126), Heiligenkreuz Abbey (1134), Aiguebelle Abbey (1137), Maulbronn Abbey (1138), Dore Abbey (1147), Stolpe Abbey (1153)... Morimond later continued to be active in the foundation of new Cistercian houses, so much so that towards the end of the 18th century, Morimond counted amongst its filiations nearly seven hundred monasteries and nunneries.

During the Wars of Religion Morimond was destroyed, it got later rebuilt but finally abandoned in 1791, when the last monks got expelled. The building were sold and dismanteled stone by stone. The church survived the times, but fell into ruins in the 19th century.

"Morimond" is from the Latin "mori mundo", or "Die to the world". All who entered these Cistercian abbeys in the 12th century renounced worldly life.

A small spiral in the ruins of the church.

Parnoy-en-Bassigny - Abbaye de Morimond

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:35:26 +0000

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Parnoy-en-Bassigny - Abbaye de Morimond

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:22:17 +0000

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Parnoy-en-Bassigny - Abbaye de Morimond

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:01:26 +0000

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Langres - Diderot

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 30 May 2017 15:22:34 +0000

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In the backdrop are the two towers of the Cathédrale Saint-Mammès.

To the very left the statue of Denis Diderot, the most notable person, that ever came from Langres. Diderot was a philosopher, scientist, writer and co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean d'Alembert. Denis Diderot was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment.

It seems like his family by now runs the boulangerie to the right.