フォンテーヌ＝サン＝ルシアンのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

Jeanne Laisné (born 1454 or 1456; date of death unknown) was a French woman known by the nom de guerre Jeanne Hachette (little axe) for saving the city of Beauvais from an enemy attack in 1472. The beautiful bronze statue of Hachette was unveiled in Beauvais on July 6, 1854.

The statue of Jeanne Hachet impresses with its realistic depiction of the fighting woman! 😄

Leaving Beauvais to the northwest, along the road and then the cycle path of the Saint-Quentin marsh, you quickly arrive at the superb lake of Canada. It offers three kilometers of banks and is ideal for swimming in summer.

Leaving Beauvais to the northwest, the street and then the cycle path of the Saint-Quentin marsh, you quickly arrive at the superb body of water of Canada. It offers three kilometers of banks and a call for swimming in summer.

The Cathedral of Beauvais is one of the most important Gothic churches in France 🇫🇷!

The early Romanesque church from the 10th century is one of the few surviving Carolingian chapels in France. It was actually supposed to be replaced by the nave of the cathedral, which was built from 1247 onwards, but after the collapse of the cathedral's record vault and tower, although the small original church surprisingly survived both, money and the Gothic style were at an end. And so, after being temporarily but permanently closed off by a partition wall, the cathedral's gigantic building now has a "mini nave" which is, however, closed off from the inside by a door. Unfortunately, the small original church was inaccessible when we visited. It would certainly be impressive to enter the Gothic giant building through the Romanesque west portal.

It is always nice to meet old friends again, especially when it happens unexpectedly. When you enter the wonderful but only half-finished cathedral of Beauvais, you are greeted by the famous image of St. Peter from St. Peter's Basilica. This fits with the building's claim: the highest Gothic vault, the highest church tower, the largest church in France. However, it is a Gothic Babel: the vault and tower collapsed, and that was the end of money and Gothic architecture. The cathedral is a huge torso, the nave of which is a comparatively tiny Romanesque building that stands lost in front of the huge, centuries-old temporary dividing wall that the nave was supposed to replace.

If you walk around the mighty torso of Beauvais Cathedral, you come across the seemingly forgotten north portal. While the bright south portal with its staircase literally draws people into the church, the north portal is blocked off by a construction grille and appears dark. Here you can find a magnificent trellis above the door, probably intended as a depiction of the root of Jesus, but which has been stripped of its figures. Huge carved doors, which are plainer than those of the south portal, secure the entrance. The wear on the doorstep shows that this portal was used a lot in earlier times.