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Troyes - the Streets - les Rues
breughel Says: Walking through the cluster of cobblestone, pedestrians-only streets in the heart of the old quarter is by no doubt the main attraction of Troyes.In 1524 a disastrous fire destroyed much of the town. The half-timbered houses that were rebuilt give the town a medieval look....
SAINT PANTALEON CHURCH - Admirable statues
breughel Says: Saint Pantaleon (16 - 18th C.) is the parish of the Polish community of Troyes. Pantaleon is venerated in Eastern Europe as a great martyr (during the Diocletian persecution 305) and wonderworker. In the Middle Ages he came to be regarded as the patron saint of...
Museum of Modern Art - Musée d'Art Moderne
breughel Says: The former Bishop's Palace (16th, 17th and 19th C.) opposite the cathedral, now houses the Museum of Modern Art. The nucleus of the museum is the Levy Collection of art between 1850 and 1950. The museum shows mainly fauvism and expressionism with works by Courbet, Bonnard,...
SAINT-PIERRE SAINT-PAUL CATHEDRAL
breughel Says: The construction of the present cathedral began around 1200 to end in the middle of the 16th century. It is a jewel of the Gothic style. Remarkable are the doors on the west facade and the north transept with its richly decorated doorway, the "Beau Portail", and its 15th...
On First Approaching the Modern Museum of Art
hquittner Says: The Museum of Modern Art is at the south aspect of the Cathedral on the flank of the Place St.-Pierre. It is in the former Bishop's Palace at the end of a large park which contains several modern sculptures, both full figures and heads. The reconstructed interior now houses...
The First Half of the 20C Is Easy to Enjoy Too
hquittner Says: Since the collection ends near 1950, the paintings are still works that are related to realism, even though the various artists may focus on lt from limited view points. There are works by such as Modigliani or those from the Fauve movement like de Vlaminck and several by...
Modern Art Away from Realism in the 19C
hquittner Says: The Modern Art Museum in Troyes starts with examples of the early types of painting that would pass be called Impressionism as it spreads out its collection. Thus, the earliest examples include painters who are on early edge of the period like Degas and Courbet. At the end...
hquittner Says: It is surprising to find a fine art museum outside of a very large city in France that is not designed to show the works of a single great artist, but Troyes has one and it covers essentially only the century from 1850 to the middle of the 20C.
hquittner Says: Much of the old part of the city is near the church of St.Jean where the restaurants are and where there are also many half-timbered houses.
A Visit to the Musee des Beaux-Arts
hquittner Says: The Beaux Arts Museum is northwest of the cathedral. Ie contains some archeological pieces of modest interest, but it is heavily represented by 17 and 18C pieces, some of whom at some time lived in Troyes. Do not confuse it with the Musee d'Art Moderne, which is the major...
The St.Jean Church Is In Southern Troyes
hquittner Says: The church of St. Jean is just south of the Hotel de Ville. It was built in the 14C and refinished in the 16C and was where Henri V and Catherine de France were married in 1420. The most attractive part of the church are the altar by Girardon and the paintings behind and...
Look Around the Inside of St Urbain Church
hquittner Says: Inside the church there are extensive sets of stained windows from the 13C. They depict scenes starting with the Annunciation and extending beyond the early life of Jesus. In a chapel to the right of the choir standing upon a base is a beautiful statue called the Virgin of...
Visit the Basilica of St.Urbain
hquittner Says: Saint Urbain IV was born in Troyes, son of a shop keeper, and celebrated his home town with a fine church started in 1262 and finished in 1686. The church was built on the site of the family store. It is of two levels and extends almost onto the vault with a simple altar...
See Stained Glass of All Periods Through the 17C
hquittner Says: Although the Cathedral of St.-Pierre et St.-Paul has many stained glass windows from the 13C and each period of the next centuries, the most impressive window was created in the 17C by Linard Gontier in 1625. Note that at this time the pictures in each section are painted...
See the Inside of the Cathedral
hquittner Says: The inside of the church is light in structure and has great clarity. Although it is not high (29.5 m), it is of large size, 114m long and 51m wide. It has a flat false triforium with tall windows above and tall aisles. The church is filled with stained glass of every age...
Outside of the Cathedral of St.-Pierre
hquittner Says: The Cathedral of St-Pierre-et-St. Paul was started in 1208 but was built on soggy ground which caused difficulties in building. Thus it progressed slowly with many reconstructions and modifications into the 17C. After the Revolution essentially all of the outside sculpture...
Tom_Fields Says: This "cat street" is so named because the roofs of the houses on opposite sides are so close that a cat could jump from one side to the other. This narrow medieval street seems like an alley, or one of the closes in Edinburgh. It also reminded me of the Shambles in York....
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Good grilled meat in a nice typical house of Troyes at the corner of the rue Champeaux and rue Paillot.
Bonnes grillades dans une belle maison à colombages au coin de la rue Champeaux et de la petite rue Paillot où se trouve l'entrée de l'hôtel Le Relais St Jean.
Updated Feb 19, 2011
Address: Corner rue Champeaux and rue Paillot-de-Montabert
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While Troyes does not have any champagne cellars to visit, like the more northern towns of Reims and Épernay, there are a number of specialized champagne shops in Troyes where one can buy less known Champagne brands.
Indeed if one can find the great commercial names of Champagne in the supermarkets all over the world, in the Champagne region one will find brands or houses which are not exported and will bring to the amateur new nuances and flavours.
Ratafia de Champagne is a liqueur wine served as aperitif. Try it!
The central market "Les Halles" is worthwhile a visit in the morning.
We found here exceptional good bread in the form of a 2 kg cylinder. After 5 days at home, this bread was still "fresh" and tasteful.
Also excellent cheeses. The 2 main cheeses in the region are Chaource and Langres. Chaource is a rich, high fat, soft white cheese with a white rind and a mild flavour. Langres is a strong smelling cheese with a sticky, damp orange rind that is washed in champagne.
You will of course find the classical "andouillette" de Troyes
It is made up exclusively of chaudins (large intestines) and stomachs of pig, rigorously selected and cut out in thin straps in the direction length. The seasoning based on fresh onions, salt and pepper, precedes the setting forms in a "dress" of natural bowels. The slow 5 hours cooking in a "court-bouillon" completes to give the Andouillette de Troyes its undeniable gustatory qualities. Choose the A.A.A.A.A. "Association Amicale des Amateurs d'Andouillettes Authentiques" and you will only have to level you!
What to buy: Champagne, ratafia de champagne, Chaource and Langres cheeses.
Andouillettes.
Excellent bread at a boulangerie inside the Halles.
Updated Feb 19, 2011
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Favorite thing: Altough Troyes does not have any champagne cellars to visit, like the more northern towns of Reims and Épernay, the centre of the town has the form of a champagne cork.
The evolution of the outlines of the city formed by the derivations of the river Seine and the fortifications replaced by boulevards gave the typical form of a champagne cork.
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Updated Feb 12, 2007
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As a poor kid I have been obliged to study Latin and Greek during 6 years, 8 and 5 hours a week, so that when I drove in the town of Troyes, this name linked immediately my neurones to the Homeric...
An Old City With A Collection of 20C Art
Troyes is an old city which held important fairs in medieval times. It was Christianized in the 3C AD and built its present Cathedral between the 15-17C. It still is known for the manufacture of hats....
Troyes is one of France's best medieval towns, but not on most tourist itineraries. That's one of its best qualities. You won't find a lot of visitors here. And it's full of things to see. With its......
Troyes ,more beautiful then I could imagine
As we ( my wife and I) decided to go to France again but we did not want to travel too far we visited Troyes and surroundings
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Troyes is a small town in the Champagne region, on the way from Paris to Strasbourg. It's golden ages were te Medieval times, when it got rich through commerce, being the site of famous fairs, and the...
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