Vendeuvre-Sur-Barse: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
In Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, the Melusine Trail is a 2.5-kilometre route with an estimated duration of around 1.5 hours.
For your own stay in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, renting a holiday apartment can be considered as a specific option.
Nature
The source of the Barse, also known as the Source Mélusine, is a natural heritage site in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse and is open to the public. The Parc du Château de Vendeuvre-sur-Barse is a public landscaped green space; the source of the Barse lies below the château.
Culture
The Saint-Pierre Church was built between 1502 and 1616 after the former church was destroyed in the wars of the 15th century. It features stained-glass windows by Max INGRAND and a dozen statues from the Christian art workshop “Sainterie” of Vendeuvre. It also houses paintings and sculptures from the 16th century, a pulpit from Clairvaux Abbey, and an altar from 1649 attributed to François GIRARDON.
The Château de Vendeuvre-sur-Barse has been protected as a historic monument since 1981; its entrance façade features a design characteristic of the era of Louis XIII. The Lavoir du Dailly is a former open-air washhouse in the lower area to the right of the Grande Rue.
History
The Christian art workshop “la Sainterie” of Vendeuvre-sur-Barse was founded by the sculptor Léon MOYNET. In 1844, Léon MOYNET began producing statues in a workshop on the western edge of Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, while the Sainterie was going through its early development phase. From 1860 onwards, he developed an extensive industrial complex for the Sainterie, with a large round kiln and a steam engine for kneading the clay.
The Mélusine heritage circuit includes a panel entitled “Sainterie”.
Vendeuvre-sur-Barse has an SNCF railway station on the Paris–Basel railway line, with 12 stops per day.
A market is held every Wednesday morning on Place du 8 Mai, offering fruit, vegetables, cheese, fish, and dishes from the rotisserie.
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