The King at Ponthion

Let's go for a walk somewhere different.

12c church porch

The Champagne fields are nearby, and Vitry en Perthois is as close as any. But in the event we drove on to Changy, and then right towards Outrepont and then right to follow the sign that boasted a 12 century church.
The church was closed, but clearly very old and it had a lovely porch. We must return when it is open, Sundays 2 to 6 pm.
In the road in front of the church was a notice. It told you how old everything was, about the battle there, and about the village palace. That this village; in which the nursery school and the Marie are combined, and which is hard to find on a map even when you know it's there; that this village should boast a palace was intriguing. We set off on foot to find it.

The palace was somewhere in here

And find it we did. It's a green field (a wheat field when this map was photographed) and so I forgot to take a photo for the blog. But we were sure it was the correct site, there is a notice telling you all about it (about 12 words explaining it dates from about 725 and once housed the future Charlemagne).
Very interesting. Quite a big field too.
We wandered back to the car and the bats flew over our heads to tell us the sun had already gone down. On the way back there was a noticeable church lit up on a hill. It proved to be in Changy but when we turned down the church road we found everything fenced off. 'Graveyard works' was the excuse. There was nowhere to park and little sign of an entrance. Clearly this is a local church that people walk to. Home for supper then.