Chemin-d'Aisey: Church, washhouse and Circuit des Fermes

Chemin-d'Aisey offers two distinct starting points for planning a trip: local history centered on the church and washhouse, and the rural landscape of the Circuit des Fermes. The route starts and ends at Place du 14 juillet. This provides a specific place to begin and finish, while the historic buildings offer their own cultural highlights. When choosing where to stay, you can consider whether your trip will focus mainly on the Circuit des Fermes, the local architectural heritage, or a combination of both.

Circuit des Fermes: landscape and traces of the past

The Circuit des Fermes runs between plateaus and agricultural tracks. Pack donkeys regularly travel the route; limestone walls line the way, recalling the tracks' former pastoral use. This combination of an agricultural setting and pastures of earlier times shapes the character of the route. Several farms can be seen along the Circuit des Fermes, including Ferme de la Borde, highlighted as one of the route's more remarkable farms. The combination of visible farms, formerly used tracks and limestone walls can be viewed both as part of the landscape and in its cultural-historical context. A possible detour leads to the “Croix Percée” and is marked in blue. If you plan to take this turnoff, check the markings on site. The Burgundy snail, “Escargot de Bourgogne,” is also listed as part of the Circuit des Fermes' fauna. It adds a natural-history dimension to the agricultural and architectural features.

Church and washhouse: two sides of local history

The church, “Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” has a foundation plaque dated September 8, 1895. Inside is a polychrome limestone statue of Saint Roch with his dog. Polychrome means decorated in several colors; the statue thus brings together limestone, painted decoration and a depiction of Saint Roch with his dog. The date on the plaque and the figure inside offer different points of interest: one dates the building, while the other draws attention to a specific sacred artwork.

Another testament to the history of local use is a 19th-century washhouse that was converted into a pumping station. The change from washhouse to pumping station marks a change in the building's use; the century places it in time. Together, the church and washhouse offer two different ways into local history: one centers on a religious artwork, the other on a building converted from one practical use to another.

The municipality and the park charter

In regional terms, Chemin-d'Aisey is one of the municipalities in the Côte-d'Or département that joined the Charter of the Forêts National Park. A decree dated July 10, 2020, confirmed this membership. This formal connection to the park charter complements the local architectural heritage and the route's landscape with a municipal perspective. When planning your trip, you can therefore distinguish between the specific local features—the church, washhouse and Circuit des Fermes—and the municipality's connection to the park charter.

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