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Condé en Brie
Conde-en-Brie is located only an hour from Paris, and is nestled in
the middle of the vineyards of the Marne Valley's Champagne Tourist
Route.
Chaumont
Chaumont was originally called Calvus Mons, or Bald Mountain, and sits
on the edge of a plateau where the Marne and Suize rivers come together
in the upper Marne valley.
Langres
Langres is a walled town built on a limestone promontory overlooking
the Mediterranean, and its history stretches back about two millennia.
Reims
Located ninety miles northeast of Paris, Reims was magnificent before
the first World War, when most of its historical buildings were flattened
and replaced by more modern buildings.
Epernay
Epernay, located on the south bank of the Marne, lives for champagne.
The avenue de Champagne, though the buildings along it are drab and
functional, is a veritable treasury of the world's finest champagnes,
and are filled with treasures if one only goes belowground.
Troyes
In the late 12th century, Chretien de Troyes wrote the first French
versions of the Arthurian legends down, many of them the same stories
that are told today. With this kind of native son, Troyes cannot help
but delight with its fairy-tale beauty and vibrance.
La Ferté sous Jouarre
La Ferte-sous-Jouarre has a bizarre claim to fame: it used to make the
world's best millstones. On a roundabout when you enter the city, you'll
see your first millstone, but nothing is made of it.
Château-Thierry
Chateau-Thierry is located in Champagne, a word that traces its root
to the Latin for "open field." It also translates to "battlefield."
Either term is very accurate for the area, for not only is it a land
of wide open spaces, but it's also been long crisscrossed by battlefields.
The grapes of Champagne have been nourished by the blood of soldiers
for millennia.