Discover Mont-Aimé through a walking tour

Name: Discover Mont-Aimé through a walking tour
Start: 2024-09-22T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-22T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Sommet du Mont-Aimé

Go to 240 m of altitude, at the top of Mont-Aimé, to visit this site with remarkable history. From the Palaeolithic, to the First Battle of the Marne in 1914, to the Hundred A War…

Sunday 22 September, 10:30

Conditions

Guided tours depart at 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – 4 pm.

Registration

06.70.41.42.21

Epernay Agglo Champagne

Go to 240 m of altitude, at the top of Mont-Aimé, to visit this site with remarkable history. From the Palaeolithic, to the first battle of the Marne in 1914, through the Hundred Years War, take the walking route and enjoy the knowledge of our whisperer of secrets to better discover this place.
The starting point is at the top of Mont Aimé where the information panels and parking are located.
You can also enjoy an exhibition on the history of Mont-Aimé.

About the location

Sommet du Mont-Aimé

Mont-Aimé, 51130 Bergères-lès-Vertus

Marne
Grand Est

Culminating at 240 meters above sea level, the Mont-Aimé mound seems to have been occupied since the Neolithic and then became the seat of a Gallic oppidum.
In 1210, the Countess Blanche of Navarre, mother of Thibault IV, built the castle of Mont-Aimé. A few years later, nearly 200 people convinced of Catharism were burned.
From 1239, the castle became a second home of the Counts of Champagne. The Castle is gradually dismantled: its stones will be used to build houses in the surrounding villages. During the Hundred Years' War, the Castle suffered three sieges led by the English. At the end of the war, it was decided to destroy it: its stones will be used for the construction of houses around.
In 1815, after the French campaign and the fall of Napoleon I, a parade of 300,000 soldiers and 85,000 horses gave glory to Tsar Alexander of Russia.
In 1914, Mont-Aimé was at the heart of the Battle of the Marne. Today, this historic site features an orientation table near the keep, a memorial ob