6 Sights in Charleville-Mézières, France (with Map and Images)

The Basilica of Notre-Dame-d'Espérance in Charleville-Mézières is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church located in Charleville-Mézières, in the French department of Ardennes. This Gothic-style church, built from 1499 onwards, is illuminated by an astonishing set of modern stained glass windows made between 1954 and 1979 on the cartoons of the painter René Dürrbach.

Wikipedia: Basilique Notre-Dame-d'Espérance de Charleville-Mézières (FR)

The Arthur-Rimbaud Museum is dedicated to the poet Arthur Rimbaud, in his hometown of Charleville-Mézières. It is located in a historic monument in Charleville, a former mill located on the banks of the Meuse.

Wikipedia: Musée Rimbaud (FR), Website

The Musée de l'Ardenne is a municipal museum of France belonging to the city of Charleville-Mézières. Located in the buildings of the Place Ducale, the museum offers various rooms on several levels retracing the history of the city but also of the cross-border Ardennes.

Wikipedia: Musée de l'Ardenne (FR), Website

The church of Saint-Lié is located in Mohon, a former commune integrated in 1966 into that of Charleville-Mézières, in the Ardennes department. The church is dedicated to Saint Lié, a monk from Berry who protected the sick.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Lié de Mohon (FR)

The Grand Marionnettiste, or Clock of the Great Puppeteer, is a tourist site located in Charleville-Mézières, in the Ardennes department. He was designed to resemble a puppeteer whose different body parts are embedded in part of the façade of the International Institute of Puppetry. This automaton presents twelve scenes every day designed as a puppet show and telling the story of the Four Sons of Aymon, an Ardennes legend.

Wikipedia: Le Grand Marionnettiste (FR)

The Maison des Ailleurs is a place dedicated to the poet Arthur Rimbaud, in his hometown of Charleville-Mézières. It is located on the same quay and a few meters from the Arthur-Rimbaud Museum. The link between these two complementary institutions is materialized by the poem-chairs of Quebec artist Michel Goulet, entitled L'Alchimie des Ailleurs.

Wikipedia: La Maison des Ailleurs (FR), Website