Cycle Route Véloroute de la Marne à la Saône

Saint-Dizier ist eine Stadt im französischen Département Haute-Marne in der Region Grand Est. Sie ist Sitz einer Unterpräfektur.

Hintergrund

Saint-Dizier ist die einwohnerstärkste Gemeinde des Départements. Sie liegt in seinem äußersten Norden nicht weit von dem bei Wassersportlern und Naturfreunden beliebten großen Stausee Lac du Der-Chantecoq. Infolge des nahegelegenen Militärflugplatzes hat die Stadt im Zweiten Weltkrieg stark gelitten.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Die Sehenswürdigkeiten sind eher unbedeutend.

• Die Kirche ⊙ Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Saint-Dizier aus dem Jahr 1202, ab 1782 nach Brand wider aufgebaut
• Die Kirche ⊙ Saint-Martin de Gigny in der Vorstadt faubourg de Gigny
• ⊙Musée municipal (musée municipal de Saint-Dizier, Städtisches Museum), 17, rue de la Victoire. . letzte Änderung: Apr. 2019
• ⊙ Château médiéval (château de Saint-Dizier, mittelalterliches Schloss), 54 rue Gambetta. . letzte Änderung: Apr. 2019

Langres (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ɡʁ]) is a commune in northeastern France. It is a subprefecture of the department of Haute-Marne, in the region of Grand Est.

Understand

As the capital of the Romanized Gallic tribe known as the Lingones, it was called Andematunnum, then Lingones, and now Langres.

A hilltop town, Langres was built on a limestone promontory of the same name. This stronghold was originally occupied by people of the tribe Lingones. At a later date the Romans fortified the town they called Andemantunum, located at a strategic crossroads of twelve Roman roads.

The first-century Triumphal Gate and the many artefacts exhibited in the museums are remnants of the town's Gallo-Roman history. After the period of invasions, the town prospered in the Middle Ages, due in part to the growing political influence of its bishops. The diocese covered Champagne, the Duchy of Burgundy, and Franche-Comté, and the bishops obtained the right to coin money in the ninth century and to name the military governor of the city in 927. The Bishop of Langres was a duke and peer of France. The troubled 14th and 15th centuries caused the town to strengthen its defenses, which still give the old city its fortified character, and Langres entered a period of royal tutelage. The Renaissance, which returned prosperity to the town, saw the construction of numerous fine civil, religious and military buildings that still stand today. In the 19th century, a "Vauban" citadel was added.

See

Langres has a historic town center surrounded by defensive walls with a dozen towers and seven gates.

The cathedral of Saint-Mammès is a late 12th-century structure dedicated to Mammes of Caesarea, a 3rd-century martyr.