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Discover the town of langres
 With its high ramparts, its imposing towers, its many bell-towers, Langres presents a such proud fortress camped at the doors of Champagne and Burgundy. By traversing the 3,5 km of its covered way remained saved during centuries, the city overhangs a vast panorama: in the East, it is staged in successive plans of the lake of Liez and the valley of the Marne to the Vosges, letting even sometimes guess the Alps Bernoises. In the West, beyond the green valley of Bonnelle, the plate of Langres opens in your eyes with its wooded hedges and its slopes. Follow the maze of lanes and, with the turning of roofed passageways, let you tell 1' history of the city. This one is Gallo-Roman through its ancient monuments, its mosaic of Bacchus and its sculptures very speaking. It is medieval by its compartmental and the radiation of its cathedral of inspiration clunisienne. The Rebirth, as for it, is spread in elegant private mansions, initiating the rich person langroises families with a growing comfort, in a decoration taking as a starting point the the ancient treaties that the traditional civil architecture will develop with much refinement. The installation of many religious communities at the time of Against Réforme generated the construction of buildings of monumental architecture which shelter public institutions often today. Last witness of the developments in the military technologies consolidating this site of barred spur, probably strengthened since the 3rd century, the austere citadel of the 19th century offers a new youth by accomodating associations and cultural events. Langres is as a Book of Art and History living. The city knew to adapt to the various times while remaining faithful to it even. Accessible and generous, it only asks to be discovered.
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