Conditions : by bus, reserved by the participants. The circuit is musically illustrated and commented on by a competent member of the Centre. For the tariff please consult us.
Leaving from Savigny (6 km from Charmes)
| AVRAINVILLE – panoramic view over a large part of the circuit |
| HERGUGNEY – 1824: Martin BASTIEN (CHOPIN) marries Anne GRIJOLOT and they settle in Hergugney. |
| TANTIMONT – XIIIth century church – Tantimontanum Gymnasium – Parish of the CHOPIN family of Bralleville and of the BASTIEN family of Hergugney – Nicolas CHOPIN went to secondary school here. |
| BRALLEVILLE – Dominique CHOPIN, great uncle of Frederick, settled here permanently in 1768. |
| XIROCOURT – 1682: birth of Catherine OUDOT. On 20th January 1705 she married Romont François CHAPIN. CHAPIN became CHOPIN. 4 sons were born: Claude, François II, Dominique, Nicolas. Descendants of the CHOPIN are still living in Xirocourt today. |
| MARAINVILLE – 1771: birth of Nicolas CHOPIN, son of François, grand-son of Nicolas, father of Frederick. His sisters are Anne (born in 1769) and Marguerite (born 1775). History of Lords and castles. |
| MAXEVOID – vestiges of a prison belonging to Marainville Castle. It is said that Nicolas CHOPIN came here to trout-fish. |
| AMBACOURT – 1738: Nicolas CHOPIN marries Elisabeth BASTIEN. Birth of François CHOPIN, grand-father of Frederick (1741), birth of Dominique (1749), birth of Thérèse CHOPIN. |
| VOMECOURT – XIIth century Romanesque church – Temple – Parents of Saint-Pierre Fourier. Nicolas came through here travelling from Marainville to Viéville to visit Thérèse, his god-mother. |
| VIEVILLE – Thérèse CHOPIN married Claude LHUMBERT of Viéville in 1778. She lived here from 1784 to 1790. The steward of the Marainville Castle lodged in her house from 1785 to 1787 before her departure to Poland. |
Return to SAVIGNY, known for its Noble Lords, faithful to Lorraine.
(about 80 km – a day’s trip)
9h00 Departure from Charmes (parking Match)
Savigny
Avrainville Historical description
Heights of Hergugney View over the Chopin country and the Hill of Sion.
Hergugney Memories of the Chopin family
Stop at Tantimont
| History of the Chanoinesses School frequented by Nicolas CHOPIN. Visit of the outside of the building. |
Maxevoid Historical description – departure of Nicolas
Stop at Marainville History of CHOPIN ancestors
| History of the village |
| Visit of the church, centenary stone, sites of castles. |
Road to Sion Presentation of Maurice BARRES
Stop on the Hill Barrès Monument, lantern of the dead
| Panorama |
| Description of the life and the works of the writer |
| Basilica of Sion: ex-voto, tomb of Leopold Baillard |
Road to Praye then Tantonville
12h30 Haroué Lunch at restaurant “Les Marronniers”, where Barrès spent a night in February 1888. Historical description.
15h00 – departure Komar tomb. Memories of Frederick Chopin
Road to Bayon, then Froville
| Historical description |
Rozelieures Description of the battle of “La Trouée de Charmes”
Borville House of the BAILLARD brothers
Saint-Germain
| “Beau voir” of Barrès |
| Heights of the Moselle : memories of Barrès in Parliament |
Road to Chamagne by the Valley of the Moselle
| Willow country, place of memories and inspiration of the painter Claude GELLEE called LE LORRAIN |
| Visit of the house where the painter was born |
17h30 – Return to Charmes. Sites of historical houses – end of circuit