Attractions and Places To See around Pommeuse - Top 20

Centuries ago, our ancestors discovered how to harness the power of the elements – which, while helpful and useful, could also be a threat as untamed natural forces – for various purposes, thus eliminating the need for human or animal muscle power. A good example of the engineering skills of earlier generations are mills like these: the heavy millstones, used for grinding grain or pressing oil, could be powered by wind or – as in this case – water.

Located a few steps from a bend in the Grand Morin, the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in the former hamlet of La Chapelle-sur-Crécy, is reputed to be the second most beautiful church in Brie. Just after the imposing Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Meaux Built in the 13th century, it has unique architectural elements such as an apse vault composed of 12 branches that gives a lot of lightness to the interior of the building. With a total height of 19m under the keystone, the walls of the building have three successive rows of windows and stained glass windows, giving the interior of the building an incomparable luminosity. Located on the edge of the old Nationale 34, the royal road, the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption still dominates the valley of the Grand Morin and the small washhouse of the Vaudessard stream. Rarely open to the public, even if its interior remains visible, it occasionally serves as a concert hall.

Nice perspective of the emblem of the former oil activity with its church.

Collegiate Notre Dame de Crecy-la-Chapelle has been a historical monument since 1846. This sumptuous building, in the Gothic style, was built in the 13th century.

Gothic jewel of Brie built at the beginning of the 13th century, located just next to the road, it nevertheless presents a very fine example of flamboyant Gothic

There is oil in France! In fact, 64 oil and gas deposits are currently in operation, mainly in the Aquitaine Basin and in the Paris Basin. Annual French production amounts to 0.8 million tonnes of oil, which represents 1% of the country's consumption. Production in Brie dates back to the 1950s, when France aimed for oil self-sufficiency and began a series of major research programs in Seine-et-Marne. The first oil discovery was made here on February 22, 1958, at a depth of 1,875 m in the basement of the village of Coulommes. This deposit has produced around two million tonnes of oil, but of the fifty-seven wells drilled since 1958 on the concession, only four are still active. This derrick was installed here by the municipality of Coulommes to commemorate this event. Following the fluctuations in the price of black gold, the oil companies plan to resume exploration and the re-exploitation of the deposits of Seine et Marne.

The Venice of Brie Has 3 canals from the Grand Morin. Very frequented in the 19th century by many painters including Toulouse Lautrec and Van Gogh. It is especially JB Corot who lived there. It is good to stroll between the canals, the bridges, the mills and the Briard houses.

The path from fort to do is an even harder alternative than Tigeaux