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Saint Martin Church – Château de l'Échelle loop from Aubenton

Saint Martin Church – Château de l'Échelle loop from Aubenton

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Saint Martin Church – Château de l'Échelle loop from Aubenton

02:26

55.8km

430m

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Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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5.24 km

Saint Martin Church

Highlight • Religious Site

This church is built in yellow Ardennes stone. It has a portico tower, square at the entrance, and two cylindrical towers at the corners of the chancel. The 16th century church underwent several renovations to strengthen it, changing its architectural plan. The oldest part is located in the center. On the west a rectangular portico tower was added, and on the east, the other end, a kind of broad keep was connected to the body of the church, with a roof overhanging the roof of the central body, and round towers, of which there are two remain. Of these battlemented towers, one has embrasures.

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5.54 km

Manor Gatehouse in Parc Naturel Régional des Ardennes

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26.0 km

Saint Peter's Church

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This church is very striking because of its tower. Some parts of the current church appear to have been repaired in the 13th century. The choir may have had a pointed arch, as is still the case in the northern arm of the transverse chief. The classical church hall indicates that certain changes took place in the 17th century, probably after the fire in the village in 1642. The sundial on the south side of the nave bears the year 1611.

Source: at the church on information board

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26.1 km

Château de l'Échelle

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A first castle, probably founded in the 13th century, adjoined the Potées estate, which belonged to the Reims cathedral chapter. A group of Armagnacs settled there in the 15th century and over time spread across the region. Duke Antoine de La Marche, who was governor of Sedan from 1599 to 1640, became lord of L'Echelle through his marriage to Anne de Maucourt in 1594. He rebuilt the castle to give it a more up-to-date appearance. The square stilt in the northwest corner dates from this period. Antoine de La Marche des Contes died in September 1740 at the age of 74.

On September 28, 1642, at dawn, Spanish troops sacked the village and attacked the castle. The walls of the castle still show the traces of the cannon balls. In 1730, L'Échelle Castle was acquired by the Reims Cathedral Chapter, and the building was subsequently rededicated as a farm.

During the French Revolution, the building was sold to Simon Pottier, the hat maker from L'Echelle. He then handed over a large part of it to the community, installed the town hall as well as the school and the teachers' accommodation.

Part of the residential buildings of the north wing have been converted into a school history museum, for the nostalgic community (the elementary school from the 1900s to 1960s), with the inkwell, the sergeant major pens (which preceded the pens), the slates, etc.

Source: according to Wikipedia

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32.9 km

Saint Martin Church

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Two Merovingian cemeteries from the sixth and seventh centuries were discovered on the territory of the municipality. During the Hundred Years War the village was besieged by the Armagnaks.

Aubigny-les-Pothées was burned to the ground in 1643 at the Battle of Rocroi.

At the beginning of the First World War in 1914, the village church served as a simple hospital.

The church was built in 1851.

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40.9 km

Notre-Dame Church, Liart

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The medieval west facade of the église Notre-dame was reinforced in the 17th century with a heavy rectangular keep with machicolations, battlements, skylights and loopholes. A bas-relief in tête-bêche (honor print) at the entrance depicts Good and Evil. The octagonal tower at the chancel has a staircase to an attic above the chancel.

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45.0 km

Saint-Remy Church; Aouste

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The 17th century Saint-Rémy church is one of the fortified churches of Thiérache. The exterior has this robust appearance that is typical of fortified churches. A fortified square tower is located in the left corner of the nave. It is pierced with cannon and loopholes. The villagers could flee upstairs via a spiral staircase in case of danger. The tower is connected to a raised attic. A well and a bread oven completed the reception system. The tower was accessed via a staircase partly in the nave, partly in the partial round tower attached to it. Powerful buttresses strengthen the structure.

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49.4 km

Château de la Cour des Prés

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Château de la Cour des Prés: Upon arrival in the village, admire the garden facade of this castle (1546) on the banks of the Aube on the right. Fortified house consisting of an "L" shaped main building whose front facade is flanked by two round towers, organized around a courtyard open to the gardens and park.
Its construction in 1546 by Louis Martin, provost of Rumigny, was encouraged by King François I, in the second line of fortifications along the Meuse, to resist a possible attack by the troops of Charles V.

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55.8 km

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42.1 km

12.9 km

528 m

202 m

120 m

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55.0 km

730 m

148 m

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Saint Martin Church – Château de l'Échelle loop from Aubenton

Saint Martin Church

Manor Gatehouse in Parc Naturel Régional des Ardennes

Saint Peter's Church

Château de l'Échelle

Saint Martin Church

Notre-Dame Church, Liart

Saint-Remy Church; Aouste

Château de la Cour des Prés

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