The best MTB trails around Le Mont-Dieu

Great place for running, hiking or cycling

It's a shame to leave this beautiful building abandoned, the city of Sedan is really not proud of its heritage ☹️

After a visit to the Grande-Chartreuse in the Dauphiné, Odo, abbot of the Abbaye Saint-Remi in Reims, founded the first Carthusian monastery in France in 1132. It covered more than 12 hectares and was surrounded by a triple wall. The monastery, so close to Protestant Sedan, suffered during the religious wars, served as a prison during the French Revolution and was then partially demolished. In the open space at the foot of the Crêtes de l'Argonne there are eight sober 17th century buildings made of pink brick, with natural stone frames on doors and windows. It is all that remains of the former monastery.

The Canal des Ardennes, also known as the Ardennes Canal, is a canal in northeastern France that connects the Meuse basin with that of the Seine. The canal is approximately 88 kilometers long. It runs entirely through the Ardennes department, between the Meuse at Pont-à-Bar and the Aisne at Vieux-lès-Asfeld. The Canal des Ardennes was built between 1823 and 1831 to create a shorter shipping route between Belgium and the Paris region. The canal has a total of 44 locks. There is a tunnel at Saint-Aignan, known as the Tunnel of Saint-Aignan. The canal has a branch to Vouziers at Semuy. The canal was built to bridge the height differences in this hilly area as easily as possible and was therefore constructed along existing rivers as much as possible. It reaches a height of 165 meters above sea level and then descends to a height of 60.55 meters at the terminus. It is an important part of the water infrastructure in this region.

This section of the South-Ardennes greenway offers pretty passages while following the meanders of the canal. Numerous locks litter the route, punctuating your progress.

The commune of Montgon has a certain number of locks on the portion of the canal which crosses it. Number 14, bordered by the greenway, offers a nice setting for taking a little break.

This small town in the Ardennes is located at the confluence of the Chiers and the Meuse. The Eastern Canal also passes not far from its center where the Château de Remilly-Aillicourt is located, a private mansion built by a Sedan manufacturer in the 18th century.

This magnificent building is located in the center of Raucourt-et-Flaba. While its parish would have been founded in the year 400. The Saint-Nicaise church dates from 1061. The work has retained its appearance of the time, despite restorations in the 18th and 19th centuries. Inside, there are three altars and a remarkable baptismal font made up of a carved Givet stone tank.