The fortified castle of Sedan, in the Ardennes (Grand-Est), was elected on Wednesday September 13 "favorite monument of the French" by the public among 14 remarkable sites, for the 2023 vintage.
“A fairytale castle, a panorama of military architecture,” described Stéphane Bern, host of the show “Le Monument Favorite des Français” on France 3, whose public awarded the Sedan castle , the largest in Europe.
Located in the Ardennes, it succeeds the Cherbourg transatlantic station and the Le Redoutable submarine located in Normandy, which were chosen by Internet users in 2022.
Purchased by the municipality in 1962, the fortress, which has already welcomed more than 100.000 visitors by 2023, has been classified as a historic monument since 1965.
Among the cultural highlights in the running were also the Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica in Lyon (Rhône), the Cluny abbey (Saône-et-Loire), the citadel of Port-Louis (Morbihan), the Château de Blois (Loir-et-Cher), the citadel of Ajaccio (Corsica), Fort Saint-Louis (Martinique), the Domaine de Chaalis (Oise), the library of France (Paris), the Haras du Pin (Orne), the Coubre lighthouse (Charente-Maritime), the national square in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), the Trois-Mâts Belem (Loire-Atlantique) and the arenas of Vaison-la-Romaine (Vaucluse).
Selection of products
To read also
-
The megaliths of Carnac, the first Breton site to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
-
Petition to keep the Palais de la Découverte within the Grand Palais reaches 100.000 signatures
-
More than 6 million visitors to Notre-Dame de Paris since its reopening
-
Contemporary stained glass windows for Notre-Dame: the National Heritage Commission "takes note"
Popular News
-
Crisis or Correction? Seaside Resorts Face Falling New Property Prices
-
CAPEB submits an action plan to the Minister of Housing with 30 concrete measures for a sustainable revival of the construction industry
-
The modification of the DPE in favor of electric heating should allow 850.000 homes to be freed from the status of energy sieves
-
In the middle of a heatwave, the question of air conditioning fuels political tensions
