Around Noyers
We willingly offer you an unusual walk. At random,
you’ll discover a wine grower’s hut, a forgotten tower, a deserted house in
ruins and further, Noyers, surrounded by the Serein River.
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When you leave Noyers
for Tonnerre, you arrive in Yrouerre (you have to stop there to see the
orangery).Then turn left to Viviers and 200 meters further left to
Poilly. After a few kilometres you are in Poilly, a famous wine-growing
village with 60 hectares of "Chablis" and "petit
Chablis" ; St Aignan church (fifteenth century). Inside of it : the
"Vierge au manteau" high relief. The mill above the Serein has
to be seen too and you have to stop near the outfall, just between the
two bridges where the river is so beautiful. |
| To get back to Perrigny and
Annay, there is a road longing the river : just make your way towards
Molay, Noyers. You can stop in Sainte Vertu to visit the hairdressing
museum. There is a local road to get to Perrigny and Annay, where a
wash-house and a church can be seen. |
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To get to Noyers you can pass by Moutot. The
"duc de Luynes" castle stands not far away from the road. (a private
place which cannot be gone over).
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South of Noyers, at the top of
a hill above the river, stands Jouancy, the smallest village of the
department. A castle built in the fifteenth century stands there, but
cannot be visited. |
En repartant de Jouancy un détour par le prieuré de Vausse s’impose.
En plein cœur de la forêt domaniale de St Jean, s’élève le prieuré de
Vausse, un monastère cistercien à la fois austère et magnifique, fondé au
XIIème siècle.
| Then you have to go and see
the "Prieuré de Vausse" ; A both severe and magnificent
Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century. It is a
well-preserved, unadorned small cloister with very pure lines.
From the twelfth to the fifteenth century, it was a relatively
important place where the faithful were coming to. During the crusades,
St Marie de Vausse was prayed. It was a good time for monks who were
given plenty of gifts. As there were always more and more people, a
chapel was built in the fourteenth century. Then decay time came…
In the eighteenth century, the monks dormitory and capitulary-room
were burnt down. In 1791 the priory became a national possession and
Adrien-Joseph Dumortier bought it. He made a delft-manufactory of it
till 1858. Then it became the Petit family’s property. Ernest Petit,
an historian, set up his library in the church. His descendants are
trying to keep the priory lively through musical and theatrical parties.
("association Vausse Animations"). . |
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To get back to Noyers, pass by Annoux to see its castle which keeps the
Davout marshal’s memory.
Going down along the river, you’ll pass by Grimault and Cours, a beautiful
hamlet where a priory and the Archambault castle can be seen. During the Summer
you can ford the river in Cours.