Curiosities of Epernay !!!

Posted in Europe, Food and Wine, France

And here I am back in the East; a wonderful region which have been here a lot, and family ties of old, I found some older pictures and personal that feel should be in my blog ; after all, its my life’s history, you know it, The wonderful City of Epernay in the dept 51 of the Marne now in the region of Grand Est or old Champagne-Ardennes . Let me tell you a bit more on curiosities of Epernay !!! Hope you enjoy it as I

While in Epernay, is nice to see the Monument to the Martyrs of the Resistance , erected in Place de la République at the initiative of Pierre Servagnat, and the Committee of the Friendship of Former FFI of the Épernay region to honor the memory of their 176 comrades who died for France by resisting the occupiers, It was inaugurated on May 7, 1950 in the presence of the President of the Republic, Vincent Auriol and Pierre Schneiter, President of the Chamber of Deputies. On April 23, 1955, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, a remembrance urn containing a bit of earth brought back from Buchenwald by former Marne deportees, was sealed at the base of the monument. Nice. Back belltower of Notre Dame Church.

epernay place de la republique mon fallen resistants et ch notre dame belltower afar c1991

Epernay grew in the second half of the 19C, thanks to the champagne wine trade accelerated thanks to the passage of the railway, favorable to the development of the town. My memories of road warrior driving these wonderful small countrytown roads are wonderful and nice memories forever, The historic Nationale 3 or N3 taken many times even from Paris to Meaux and onwards to Epernay, The road now enters the Marne department with a somewhat strange logic of the massive downgrading of national roads in 2004 means that we move here from the D1003 to the D3. This road was from after 1744, exiting in a straight line due east via rue du Commerce (current avenue de Champagne since February 1925). By Place Louis-Philippe ( now Place de la République since 1881), which elegantly begins the Faubourg de la Folie on the historic old N3, dates from 1841.

Things to see here other than the bubbly , you need to walk the Avenue de Champagne with many 19C houses from renaissance to classical styles.  The Orangerie, gardens part of the estate of the house of Moêt & Chandon, its not open for visitors but you can see it from avenue de Champagne. Also, the Porte Saint Martin, one of the oldest monument here remains of the old church of Notre Dame, at Place Hugues Plomb. Visit the Church of Notre Dame, 16C but built in 12C architecture with great decorations from the 15C and 16C, at Place Méndes France.

Epernay Mercier pedro and martine inside mar1991

Epernay moet et chandon pedro and martine 1991

Epernay moet et chandon MF et PF carruage c1992

For all time’s sake some of the googies worth repeating are : the chocolates of Vincent Dallet Maison Dallet, 26 rue du Général Leclerc, He can even teach you how to do them Webpage : https://www.chocolat-vincentdallet.fr/

For lodging/eating  we have stayed at the beautiful gastronomic and wonderful Les Berceaux , just sublime and romantic, as well as exquisite French food done right with a Champagne twist, you won’t go wrong here,tops. Webpage : https://www.lesberceaux.com/

For drinks and a local chat head for the Bar des Archers, 7 rue des Archers; pool available and wifi free for guests. near ave de Champagne and ave Eugéne Mercier. Now call the Le Gain’s Beer, but the same formula of always ! They still have the old Facebook page with photos for the memories of always : https://www.facebook.com/bar.desarchers/photos

The Epernay tourist office on its heritage : https://www.epernay-tourisme.com/en/discover/

The Champagne tourist office on Epernay : https://www.tourisme-en-champagne.co.uk/epernay-and-vineyards

There you go folks, a wonderful City of Epernay in my belle France for all to enjoy; class and tradition the best combination. Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Epernay !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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