Vitryats hillsides

Depart from the town of Vitry-le-François, latitude 48.7250500 (N 48° 43’ 30”), longitude 4.5858300 (E 4° 35’ 9”)

• The vitryat country

• Starting with the southernmost city of the department, a little "pink" and square, very elegant, which was built by order of King François 1st in 1545 (from which it takes its name and motto), with the will to rebuild the village of Vitry-en-Perthois, completely destroyed by the war.
• Located on the right bank of the Marne, Vitry-le-François has notably developed thanks to its shipping activity, increased with the arrival of canals at the end of the 19th century, then abandoned in favor of large industries.
• Leave the city by the D982, in the direction of Vitry-en-Perthois (very important city in the Middle Ages and rebuilt in place of Vitry-le-François), Melaut, Outrepont, Changy, Val de Viere or Bassu (particularity of a church with a tiled roof, the old one collapsed in 1897 and had to be rebuilt with tiles from Pargny-sur-Saulx), all the way to Saint-Amand-sur-Fion, a village as remarkable as its name.
• You will find there the calm necessary for a small break in campaign, in front of a church of XIIème century, houses with sides of wood (beams and mud), alleys linking formerly the farms and current towards or along the Fion (small river), several wash houses and country mills.
• Back to Vitry-le-François, flower village 3 flowers.