The Meuse retains vestiges, necropoles and memorials testifying to the international dimension of the First World War. The Meuse is also an architectural richness with the Renaissance, fortifications of the Middle Ages, recreation of nature in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Lorraine, an outstanding know-how, flavors and colors ...
In the Meuse, we are faithful to the words of Marcel Proust. Each of our specialties evokes in our memory sweet and tasty memories ! The memory of an odor and a flavor of yesteryear that we keep intact in the pure Meusian tradition. These recipes are handed down from generation to generation for unique moments of sharing.
Local specialties
Who has never tasted the Madeleine de Commercy, the dragee of Verdun or the Mirabelle of Lorraine ?
All our specialties awaken in you the sweetness of moments spent, with family and friends.
- Tasty moments to taste, crunching in the inimitable madeleine of Commercy generous forms, delicately soaked in a hot chocolate or a cup of tea.
- Highlights of your life with the tastes of almonds, hazelnuts, chocolate, sugar offered by the dragee of Verdun.
- Good moments of fun during an aperitif with friends, around a good beer brewed in one of our micro-breweries, or a glass of sparkling or pearl of gooseberry, mirabelle or raspberry.
- Mashing moments sweet and tasty sharing a piece of pie Mirabelle Lorraine hardly warmed.
- You will be able to crunch the other Meusian confectionery, the croquettes and rocks of Saint-Mihiel, the drops of satan, the kisses of Dagobert of Stenay, the lorgnons of Ligny-in-Barrois, the jam seeded with the pen of a feather d ' Goose of Bar-le-Duc, the Chatelaines de Gombervaux and the Jeannettes de Vaucouleurs.
Not forgetting our black diamond, the Meuse truffle (famous tuber uncinatum and tuber mesentericum) with powerful aromas of bitter almond or apricot almond and of course the wines of the Côtes de Meuse vineyards, white, red and gray, With frank and fruity acidulous aromas.
Major events and venues
MAIN EVENTS :
The RenaissanceS Festival : An unmissable event in BAR LE DUC held every year on the 1st weekend of July. This event is an original and unusual synthesis of street theater, circus and music. Every year an innovative program unleashes the magic of unusual encounters between artists and the public.
Des Flammes ... at the Light at VERDUN : A big page of our History unfolds before your eyes, in a magnificent sound and light, played by more than 550 volunteers including 300 French actors on stage, and ending on a note of hope : Reconciliation and peace.
In 1h20 the events of the Belle Epoque that will lead to the Great War. In the heart of the fighting, you immerse yourself in the "Hell of Verdun" with its daily lot of suffering and anguish. Whether in the French or German trenches, the soldiers suffer the same fate : cold, mud, lice and rats ... sometimes with a little respite in the back despite the nights haunted by fierce and often vain combats .
Then you witness the drama of the evacuated civilians who will never find their village. And finally the immense joy of the Armistice : the happiness of Peace found at the cost of millions of disappeared, disabled, refugees ...
The village of Les Vieux Métiers, on Sundays from May to Azannes : Discover a village entirely restored by 400 volunteer craftsmen, who make you taste without moderation a real slice of Lorraine's history in Meuse, presenting you more than 80 crafts Yesterday.
PLACES TO VISIT :
The Meuse during the Great War : Verdun and the Meuse are symbols of the First World War. From 1914 to 1918, from the Argonne to the Saillant of Saint-Mihiel, from Vauquois to the Eparges, the whole Meuse is in the front line. In the center of these battlefields, the largest, the most widely known : that of Verdun. The Battle of Verdun was so intense that it became the mother of the great battles of the 20th century.
The sites presented are the most emblematic of the memorial and historical heritage of the Meuse. They bring a global vision of the high places of the Great War and form the basis of a general circuit. Ossuaire, Douaumont and Vaux Fort, Verdun Memorial, the destroyed villages, the Butte de Vauquois, the American cemetery of Romagna - sous - Montfaucon, the sites of the Saillant of Saint - Mihiel and the.
Bar-le-Duc : Located between Reims and Nancy, capital of the department of the Meuse, Bar-le-Duc is one of the cities of Lorraine to be labeled "City of art and history", It is also part of the "most beautiful detours of France". Beyond a few footprints of the Middle Ages, the upper town radiates above all by its Renaissance heritage of the 16th century, which will be the most politically and culturally significant for the city.
Marville : Located in the north of the department of the Meuse, 10 km from Belgium, between Montmédy and Longuyon, Marville presents a significant number of classified objects or monuments. It has rare witnesses of the Spanish Renaissance in Gaume, with its beautiful facades, born from the implantation of noble, bourgeois or commercial families attracted by the prosperous period of the 16th century. The streets of today bear witness to this sumptuous period. At every street corner, every step of the door, it is a new and exciting discovery. The village has above all one of the few cemeteries classified because of its exceptional state of conservation and the diversity of its graves.
Saint-Mihiel : is called Little Florence Lorraine, with regard to its artistic activity in the Renaissance. The Benedictine abbey, the collegiate church and the bourgeois houses are the witnesses of this prosperous past. With a stroll, it is all the architecture of Saint-Mihiel that is discovered with sumptuous facades, astonishing and seductive. Not to be missed is the Bénédictine Library, which contains more than 8,500 works, including 74 manuscripts and 86 incunabula, and the sacred art museum, which highlights the religious heritage of the department's communes (goldsmiths' pieces, sculptures...).
The Lake of Madine : In the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Lorraine, the lake of Madine between Nonsard-Lamarche and Heudicourt-sous-les-Côtes, has triple vocation; Reserve of water for the city of Metz, national reserve of hunting and fauna and zone of leisure and activities. The lake of Madine, 45 km from Metz, between Verdun and Nancy is the ideal place to entertain and relax ! At the top of Montsec hill you will admire this peaceful lake, lying between two valleys, in the heart of the plain of the green Woëvre.
Here, you will appreciate the calm and beauty of the place !
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