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Extract from the Chaumont Travel Guides:
Situated on a steep ridge between the Marne and Suize valleys,
CHAUMONT
, 93km east of Troyes, is best approached by train, which enables you to cross the town's stupendous mid-nineteenth-century viaduct.
The main ancient building to look at is the
Basilique St-Jean-Baptiste
. Built with the same dour, grey stone of most Champagne churches, it has, nevertheless, a wonderful Renaissance addition to the Gothic transept of balconies and turreted stairway. The decoration includes a fifteenth-century polychrome
Mise en Tombeau
with muddy tears but expressive faces, and an
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read the whole Chaumont Travel Guides...
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