Discover the rural heritage on foot!

Name: Discover the rural heritage on foot!
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

The «Découverte patrimoine village et environs» hiking tour offers you to walk along the streets and paths in search of the unknown riches of the village.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Meet in front of the Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church at 3pm. Duration: 1h30\. Provide a raincoat or umbrella.

©Cécile BUFFRY

The «Découverte patrimoine village et environs» hiking tour offers you to walk along the streets and paths in search of the unknown riches of the village.

The walk is organized by a member of the Association Patrimoine et Nature in Montmort-Lucy.
With a distance of 4 km, the circuit is accessible to all.
You will wander among the wash houses, mills, priory, and discover the local architecture.

About the location

Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

2 Rue Saint-Pierre, 51270 Montmort-Lucy

Marne
Grand Est

The church was built of millstone in the 12th century, then enlarged in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It has a Latin cross plan. Its porch, also known as a caquetory (a place where people chat) or narthex, dates from the 13th century.
The nave, dating from the first part of the 12th century, is the oldest part of the church. It leads to a 13th century transept. The latter was enlarged and doubled in the 15th century, when the choir was also erected.
Most of the stained glass windows date from the 16th century. You can admire a 1540 stained glass window dedicated to the life of the Virgin and fragments representing Saint John the Baptist, Saint Beard and Saint Edme. The other stained glass windows date from the 18th and 20th centuries. The stalls come from the monastery of the Cordeliers of Châlons-en-Champagne.
The stained-glass window of Christ on the cross dates from the 17th century. It was donated by Louis de Hangest, the squire of Anne of Brittany. This glass is framed b