Liessies: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
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Nature
The Parc de l’Abbaye de Liessies is a 48-hectare area featuring wet meadows, wooded areas, reed-fringed ponds and centuries-old orchards.
The Parc de l’Abbaye de Liessies is a stopover site for white storks and black storks.
The grounds of Liessies Abbey are now a publicly accessible departmental park and are integrated into the Espaces Naturels Sensibles network of the Nord department.
Those who have chosen Liessies as their travel destination want to rent a holiday apartment there.
History
Liessies Abbey was founded in 764 and is one of the oldest Benedictine abbeys in Thiérache.
The Chapelle Sainte-Hiltrude in Liessies has been protected as a historic monument since 26 August 1947.
The surviving elements of Liessies Abbey include two fortified entrance towers, the irrigation system, parts of the farm buildings and stables, the forge, and the monks’ ferme-residence, now Château and Ferme de la Motte.
Culture
The Détours art trail in Liessies comprises six artworks created specifically for their respective locations by artists from across France.
Routes
The Détours art trail in Liessies is a 6.8 km walk through the village’s landscapes and cultural heritage.
The Détours trail offers an approximately 30-minute round trip to the 19th-century Chapelle Sainte-Hiltrude.
The circular route within the park is 0.8 km long and bears the Tourisme et Handicap label for people with hearing impairments and reduced mobility.
The Circuit de l’abbaye de Liessies circular route is 4 km long and takes approximately one hour.
The Circuit de l’Helpe à bois l’Abbé circular route is 11 km long, takes approximately three hours and leads into the Abbé-Val-Joly state forest.
Information boards along the Circuit de l’abbaye de Liessies explain the history of the site and its special features.
The Circuit vert du SI in the Liessies-Willies area is 7 km long and takes approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes.
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