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Architecture
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If
groves are typical in the Champagne wetlands, so are the
half timbered buildings which provide an essential part
of the quality of the landscape in the Park and
attract tourists. These traditional structures were made
with local materials . So the architecture
shares an identity with the landscape. For example, you can appreciate, the C18th water
mill (situated close to the Forêt d' Orient Ecomuseum)
in Brienne-La-Vielle, or the church of Saint-Quentin in Mathaux, the timbered market places in
Piney, Lesmont and Brienne-Le-Château. You can also enjoy the architectural
diversity in the streets of some villages, with stone houses, half timbered with wattle and daub, half
timbered with bricks stand out in, Montreuil-sur-Barse and Chauffour-Les-Bailly. |
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Stones and bricks also played an important role
according to the type of building and is a witness of
the region and its history. Bricks, were specially used
for noble and ecclesiastical buildings in the C16th
.Its use spread in the C18th and it supplanted definitively
wood in the second half of the C19th. To preserve this
architectural heritage, the Park has created several
missions:
- individuals and local administration can consult
an architectural advisor,
- subsidies for communes for the restoration of facades
and roofs in conformity with traditional architecture,
- subsidies for communes in the Park for environmental
improvement and, the restoration of buildings.
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