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Architecture
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If
woods are typical of 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 structure were made
with locally available materials . So the architecture
shares an identity with the landscape of which it is a
part. One can appreciate, for example, the C18th water
mill (situated close to the Forêt d' Orient Ecomuseum)
in Brienne - La - Vielle, or the church of Saint
-Quentin at Mathaux, the wooden covered markets at
Piney, Lesmont and Brienne - Le - Château, and the architectural
diversity in the streets of certain villages where houses
in stone, half timbered with wattle and daub, half
timbered with bricks stand out at, for example, Montreuil
- sur - Barse and Chauffour - Les - Bailly. |
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Stone or brick also played an important role
according to the type of building and is a witness of
the region and its history. Brick, was specially reserved
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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