Stroll in Lorraine
Covered with vast forests and swamps the Lorraine of the countryside,
It was occupied by Gallic tribes, then under the Merovingians,
Metz became the capital of Austrasia, between Moselle and Champagne,
The last territorial reform encompassing it in the Great East with the Alsatians.
Declared a "red zone" after the aftermath of the First World War,
The department of the Meuse, around Verdun, has preserved its "craters"
Places of memories of a region where severe battles took place,
Despite the tranquility of the sites coiled around its eponymous patrimonial river.
Dominating the Woëvre on its rocky outcrop of the mediaeval Meuse coasts,
The medieval village of Hattonchâtel seduced the bishops of Verdun yesterday,
Before being reconstructed by an American patron, the "Belle Skiner"
Who will revive, after war, the castle in the Neo-Gothic troubadour style.
Well restored on the banks of the Meuse after the destruction of the Great War
Lacroix-sur-Meuse has preserved the Square Tower of the Renaissance Castle
The Lacruxiens enjoyed "healthy water" since 1836 by its fountains aiguières
The renown of the village was assured by its embroiderers in magnificence.
Close to the Belgian and Luxembourg borders the city of Marville,
Preserved the mansions of the Baroque Spanish Renaissance,
From the time when the troops of Charles V were stationed in the city,
The chapel St Hilaire possessing an ossuary of ranked bones of that time.
Punctuated by lakes and ponds, crossed by a tributary of the Rhine,
Waterway serving as a border between Luxembourg and Germany,
The Moselle has important industrial sites in its basins,
Its plateau descending towards the Vosges is famous for its vines of cocagne.
During the Second World War, theater of terrible fighting
Established on a hillside overlooking the valley of the Moselle worthy
The village of Dornot has wounded its wounds by reviving its vines
Going down from the cross of the Paule to ennoble his famous "gray" shine.
Famous for its "oak of the King", Marsal owes its name to its salty springs,
Under the Romans existed a high place of commerce thanks to the white gold of the city,
Between water and forest, Vauban built ramparts protecting the gates,
Where the current Salt Museum tells of the prosperity of the old fortified town.
Between Luxembourg and Germany, the "little Carcassonne lorraine", paradisiacal,
Behind its long enclosure is the rich ancestral heritage of Rodemack
Where an old castle is huddled, leaning against a coveted rocky escarpment,
Along the stream, the Medieval Garden breathes calm, poetry and serenity.
Embedded in a landscape of steep meadows punctuated with pines, St Quirin,
Houses the relics of the Roman tribune Quirinus martyred under the Emperor Hadrian,
Honored as a healer by his statue overlooking the miraculous fountain,
And by its church in the three towers of the 18th century. Capped with bulbs of silky slate.
Mountainous massif occupying the south of Lorraine, the Vosges identified
By the request of Jules Ferry wishing to be buried in St Dié,
"In front of this blue line of the Vosges from where climbs
To my faithful heart the touching complaint of the vanquished, "without shame.
Stretching its streets around the Follot, a charming stream running through pastures,
The village of Damblain demonstrates its rural nobility by its small castle ageless,
And its venerable Renaissance houses having preserved their seigneurial turrets,
Close to the church of St. Benedict with its steeple in dome at the imperial.
Located on the edge of its eponymous forest, Darney was protected by its castle castle,
Never forgotten since the Great War, links with Czechoslovakia,
Have allowed families of Czech glassmakers to settle in the forest,
Where their former activities are presented in the museum, glass, forges or embroideries.
Girded with a wooden crown, Pompierre is a typically Lorraine village-street,
This quiet village has a church with a portal, a jewel of Romanesque art,
In finely carved bas-reliefs, transposed in the church of St Martin,
Close to the stone bridge on the Mouzon the castle of Lavaulx throne peacefully.
We will leave Lorraine through Domremy, home of Joan of Arc,
Young Lorraine shepherdess, nicknamed "la Pucelle", guided by her celestial voices
Leave his banks of the Meuse to go to meet the Dauphin, future monarch,
To help Charles VII liberate the kingdom of France from the disastrous English occupation.
L’ARIÉ….JOIE