ABBEY OF MORMANT

You must take a tour by Leffonds during your high Marnese journey. The cute little bourgado houses the one called Mormant Abbey, founded in 1120, but has a hospital mission. It should be remembered that the situation on the site, on the ancient Langres road in Reims, made it extremely popular because the road was surveyed by pilgrims. The House of God welcomed the sick. Mormant will continue to change "owners": the monks, then the templiers that will keep it until the dissolution of their order, the hospitals of Saint John of Jerusalem (they will improve it by building cells, pregnant, frescoes) then the order of Malta which will prevail. A adventurous story, an impressive architecture, is what you will see. The remains were preserved, among others, thanks to the association «The Abbey of Mormant revival» which ensures visits with the tourist office of Chaumont. The site, now on the pedagogical trail, will allow you to see the xie hotel-restaurant, the xiith House God and the remnants of the rampart. You can visit the cells, the hospital, the spines where the shells are carved from Saint-Jacques shells.