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Great for a short break

At the height of Neuve-Maison, in the direction of Guise

Very beautiful viaduct which is part of the history of the area.

very original idea and a cool spot

The Ax Vert de la Thiérarche is a former railway line that has been converted into a cycling and walking path. The trail of almost 40 kilometers runs from Guise to Hirson, via Autreppes, and offers a pleasant and peaceful environment for walking, cycling and horse riding. The path runs along the banks of the Oise River and offers beautiful views of the natural and cultural heritage of the Thiérache.

The Église Saint-Martin de Wimy is a Catholic church located in the commune of Wimy, in the eastern part of the Aisne department. Built in the 16th century, it is one of the finest examples of a fortified church in the region. The church features a massive keep with a square plan and a double-sloped roof, flanked at the front by two enormous towers, five meters in diameter, all of brick except for the sandstone bases of the towers. The remainder of the church, which extends behind the keep, is a parallelogram of stone, with numerous brick restorations. The church has been registered as a historical monument since 1989.

A real technical innovation, the Florentine Tower housed the depot’s signal box. 48.87 m high and equipped with a lightning rod, it was erected in concrete (500t) and red bricks (100t), although with some ceramic embellishments. Its square base occupies an area of 49 m2, its rectangular spindle is divided into five floors linked together by a metal staircase and topped by a room of 30 m2 (7.3 mx4.1 m). This room, which offers a panoramic view, supports, via a concrete trapezoid, a cube whose side faces were each decorated with a clock 3.20 m in diameter. They have now disappeared.

Locomobile No. 3003, which can be seen at the entrance to the town of Buire and the former railway depot, was manufactured in 1900 by the construction engineer Emile Salmson. Its operating pressure was 7 bars. Property of the Northern Railway Company, it was used to drive the machine tools of the Hellemes Workshops (North). As the SNCF machine tools became autonomous, she ended her career in 1939. It was Monsieur Raclot, director of the Leclerc center, who offered her second youth to the ECO-RAIL association.