The Barive castle, a pleasant XVII th century home lost in the countryside will be your place of stay at the borders of Picardie.
Your itinerary will continue in a region where the hilly pre-Ardennois landscapes and the Champenoise plains follow one another.
The variety of the landscapes and the genuinely rural feature of the habitat constitute the charm of the Porcien.
In Thiérache you already will be in the Ardennes where the waving hills and the yellow stone villages with cobs and bricks follow one another. The most typical feature is the multitude of fortified buildings : each farm, each church look like a fortress flanked of towers pierced with arrow slits and thick walls.
After having reached the Signy broad-leaved tree forest you will discover the fortified church of Notre-Dame-de-Lierre in Liart.
The visit of the Saint-Rémi d'Aouste church rebuilt in the XVII th century explains the utility of the fortified churches, a refuge for the villagers at the time of the barbarian invasions.
Outside the Potées woods you will see the fortified town of Rocroi a small XVI th century town which is organized around an arm square and fortifications were reinforced by Vauban. Rocroi was the site of a memorable battle won by the future prince of Condé. You will have the opportunity to visit the museum which retraces this feat of arms.
After having crossed the Harcy wood and before arriving at the former abbey of Sept-Fontaines, you will notice the former strong house and the impressive porch church tower of the Remilly-les-Pothées church.
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