After the 1st battle of the Marne, Monsignor Marbeau, Bishop of Meaux, made a wish that the town of Meaux would be spared and decided to build a commemorative monument at the very place where the German advance was stopped.
Magnificent paved track on the old railway line (built between 1892 and 1894) which linked Ormoy-Villers and Mareuil-sur-Ourcq. Course in the forest with openings on the surrounding fields.
Former stronghold of the Counts of Valois, the fortified castle was built around 1390 by Jean de Sépoix, advisor to King Charles V, on the site of an old fortified …