Attractions and Places To See around Remigny - Top 20

"God loves every soul with an undying love. He approaches each one with repeated, unspeakably patient offers of redemption. Even a small sign of love is enough for him to forgive and redeem. Our dear departed ones lacked a life preserver for the body; but the spiritual life preserver was not lacking, the breath of God in which the soul can clothe itself in a tiny moment, much more quickly than the body could." (Text by Albino Luciani / Pope John Paul I)

Important for pilgrims: here you will also find a food shop on Sundays.

Stage 73 of Sigeric on his Via Francigena pilgrimage. Here is the end of the stage VFF14 Via Vrancigena France). In Seraucourt-le-Grand we cross the Somme. It owes its ancient name, "Serodi Curtis", to the Gallo-Romans who founded two of these famous villae, farms, around the 2nd century, who gave it the suffix "-COURT", as with many other villages. Traces of a Merovingian cemetery are also said to have been found.

Tergnier is also stage town 15 of Cigeric's original Via Francigena (VFF15) between Canterbury and Rome.

Tergnier where Art Deco is omnipresent. Its most representative examples are Place Carnégie (classified as a historic monument), the Town Hall and the Fargniers church. The media library, a former station buffet, is a site that became historic with the arrival of Victor Hugo in 1870 who had his first meal on French soil there upon his return from exile. The bell tower of the Veltin school, visible from rue de la Famille Sauvage (Quessy-Cité), still indicates the time of the bombing which ravaged the city on the night of April 10 to 11, 1944. Seven tourist signs, located in the city to constitute the Trails of Memory, retrace acts of war or resistance during the Second World War which took place in the territory.

The British cemetery of Seraucourt was created from 1920 to 1926, where the remains of soldiers buried in graves located on the nearby battlefield were grouped together, most of them killed in 1918. The cemetery contains 1,378 bodies including: 1 371 British, 5 Canadians and 2 Australians. Among them are around twenty airmen shot down in 1944. Only 496 bodies have been identified.

The Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery is a historic site dating from the First World War, where nearly 2,000 British soldiers and airmen are buried. The cemetery covers an area of 4,732 m² and is surrounded by a stone wall. You can run along the paths that connect the different sections of the cemetery and admire the memorial stones and flowers that adorn them. You can also learn more about the history of the cemetery and the people buried there by reading the information panels or scanning the QR codes with your smartphone. The cemetery is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and entry is free. Running in the Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery is a way to honor the memory of those who fought for freedom, and to appreciate the beauty and tranquility of this place.

If you are interested in the history of the First and Second World Wars, you can visit the Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery, a British military cemetery located in the commune of Seraucourt-le-Grand, in the department of Aisne. The cemetery contains 1,378 graves of soldiers who died mostly in 1918, as well as a few airmen shot down in 1944. The information panels and memorial stones will allow you to learn more about the battles that took place in this region and on the history of fallen soldiers. The cemetery is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and entry is free. The cemetery is surrounded by a stone wall and has a staircase and a building at the entrance. There you can take a peaceful and respectful walk among the rows of white tombstones and admire the flowers and trees that adorn the site.