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La Brèche
📍 Nogent, Haute-Marne
· 52800 Nogent
À propos
The path in front of you is called la brèche. This name dates back to the time when Nogent was a fortress. During a siege of the city, the enemy would have cut an opening in the walls, which at the time reinforced the defensive site offered by this edge of the plateau. The path taken by the enemy to capture the town took the name of "brèche", which is still used today.
This path is the most direct link between the lower and upper parts of the town. Widely used, its accessibility was reinforced by a "hedgehog", i.e. a stonework where the blocks are placed upright against each other. The path was used by workers on their way to the factories and craftsmen's workshops in town.
Roger Petitpierre recounts in his book "Harmonie haut-marnaise":
"On the worn cobblestones, I climbed step by step up the sentier de la brèche... This old, steep path marked out by usage, sometimes centuries old, still brings the lower and upper parts of Nogent closer together.... Passers-by greet me with kind words: in the effort shared, in the choice of my route to the city, I am a Nogentais, a friend, a brother... "
This passageway was also the site of sometimes harsh confrontations between gangs of children from Nogent le haut: "les Fouairoux" and those from Nogent le Bas: "les Balibeux". They re-enacted "La guerre des Boutons", a film by Yves ROBERT, based on a book by Louis PERGAUD, which illustrates these quarrels between country kids.
This path is the most direct link between the lower and upper parts of the town. Widely used, its accessibility was reinforced by a "hedgehog", i.e. a stonework where the blocks are placed upright against each other. The path was used by workers on their way to the factories and craftsmen's workshops in town.
Roger Petitpierre recounts in his book "Harmonie haut-marnaise":
"On the worn cobblestones, I climbed step by step up the sentier de la brèche... This old, steep path marked out by usage, sometimes centuries old, still brings the lower and upper parts of Nogent closer together.... Passers-by greet me with kind words: in the effort shared, in the choice of my route to the city, I am a Nogentais, a friend, a brother... "
This passageway was also the site of sometimes harsh confrontations between gangs of children from Nogent le haut: "les Fouairoux" and those from Nogent le Bas: "les Balibeux". They re-enacted "La guerre des Boutons", a film by Yves ROBERT, based on a book by Louis PERGAUD, which illustrates these quarrels between country kids.
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