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Château de Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon's rambling medieval fortress sprawls over a rocky spur in a loop of the Semois in the Ardennes.
14 km · about 25 min drive
Grand Est, France · Europe
Sedan works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bazeilles, 14km from Château de Bouillon.
Sedan is a town located in Grand Est, France. With a population of 20,620, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Sedan sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Sedan to your route.
The Battle of La Marfée took place on 6 July 1641, during the 1635 to 1659 Franco-Spanish War. It was fought near Sedan, France, on 6 July 1641, between a French army led by the Duke of Châtillon, and an Imperial-Spanish force commanded by Lamboy, supported by French rebels led by the Comte de Soissons andRead more
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The right wing of the French army ran into heavy artillery fire and collapsed under pressure from the Imperial cavalry, taking heavy casualties. Their opponents suffered only minor losses, but one of these was Soissons, who was killed in the closing moments, allegedly by using a loaded pistol to open his helmet. The loss of his leadership meant the battle ultimately made little difference to the overall strategic position.
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Sedan is located in Grand Est, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.7019 latitude, 4.9403 longitude.
Sedan has a population of approximately 20,620 people, making it a town in France.
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castle
Godfrey of Bouillon's rambling medieval fortress sprawls over a rocky spur in a loop of the Semois in the Ardennes.
14 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
14 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Medieval fortress on a rock spur in a Semois river loop in the Ardennes, associated with Godfrey of Bouillon.
14 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
Quartzite ledge 140 m above Monthermé with the classic head-on view of the Meuse doubling back in a full horseshoe meander: the signature photograph of the French Ardennes, a short walk from roadside parking.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Romantic medieval abbey ruins beside a working Trappist monastery in the Gaume forest, source of the cult Orval beer; visit the ruins and museum, then drink the beer at the Ange Gardien inn opposite the gate.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Ardennes hamlet reborn in 1984 as Europe's second 'book town', its barns and cottages housing a dozen second-hand bookshops, binderies and galleries, with the Euro Space Center just across the motorway.
37 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Perfect star-shaped bastioned town in the French Ardennes, laid out in 1555 and remodelled by Vauban, its five-pointed geometry of ramparts and radial streets still fully intact.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Belgium's southernmost village, a huddle of golden-stone, Roman-tiled houses on a vine-planted south-facing slope in Gaume: a microclimate so mild locals call it the 'Belgian Provence'.
44 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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