The Valve and its tributaries

Depart from the town of Sens, latitude 48.1998504 (N 48° 11’ 59”), longitude 3.2824234 (E 3° 16’ 57”)

• Departure: Tourist Office of Sens
• Memorials

• The War Memorial commemorates the wars of 1870 and 1914-18.

• Wash house of Gué Saint-Jean

• Former wash house and watering trough for animals which also allowed to feed the ditches of the city thanks to Rû de Mondereau.

• Saint John Hospital

• Beautiful 13th century church, restored in the 17th century and former abbey.

• Lock of Malay-le-Grand and reach of Rû de Mondereau

• Rû de Mondereau replaces the old Gallo-Roman aqueduct. This work made it possible to convey to Sens the waters of several sources in the Vanne Valley. He crossed the valley on a wall called "the Wall of Saracens", which gave way to the current street Victor Hugo.

• Saint Martin's Church

• 19th century Gothic style church, with a curious 16th century square tower.

• The Lavandières Park

• Consisting of conifers and tree-stems with hardy species, this area houses nesting boxes of the Yonne Bird Protection League.

• The Poterne

• The oldest monumental ensemble of Sens, testimony of the city at the end of the Gallo-Roman era.

• The Orangery and its gardens

• This beautiful French garden, once the archbishop's private garden, adjoins the Orangery building, now a temporary exhibition hall.
• Free entrance to the garden every day from 8h to 20h30.

• Museums of Sens

• You pass the entrance of the Museums of Sens. They contain pre-Proto-historical collections, Gallo-Roman, and the treasure of the Cathedral, the richest in France.

• Saint-Etienne Cathedral

• The first Gothic cathedral in history. An audio guide and a mini-guide paper is available: http://www.zevisit.com/tourisme/cathedrale-de-sens