Brion-on-Ource

Geography

History

The name of the village would come from a name made up of Celtic origin: Brivo Dunum , which means Forteresse of the Bridge. The toponym Briun is attested since 1125. The village owes surely its birth and its development with its particular geographical site: to this place the Ource cut the Roman Voie connecting Langres to Auxerre. The passage was done on a bridge downstream from the current bridge, or then by a ford. In addition, of many vestiges of origin Gallo-Roman, such of ceramics, the instruments out of iron, and even small a Gallo-Roman Temple, were discovered in the village.

Brion-on-Ource remained in the history thanks to a Bataille which was held there during the Guerre One hundred Year old. Gerard de Thury, Marshal of Burgundy, joins together a small army with the Châtillon-on-Seine, with an aim of stopping the devastations made by the Anglo-Navarrese (belonging to the Grandes companies). They clash under the walls of Brion-on-Ource the July 2nd 1359, confrontation at the conclusion which the Bourguignons are overcome. The young duke of Burgundy Philippe de Rouvres had thereafter to sign the Traité of Chassaigne the July 23rd 1359, by which the Anglo-Navarreses committed themselves leaving the Burgundy.

During the the Middle Ages and until the Revolution, the village belonged to the province of Burgundy ( Duché of Burgundy until in 1477 ), of the Bailliage of the Châtillon-on-Seine and of the Diocèse of Langres.

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Places and monuments

The church of the village, carrying the term of Saint-Hippolyte, dates from the modern time. It was built on the site of old a Chapelle castrale, dedicated to Saint-Hippolyte (Roman Chevalier venerated in the Diocèse of Langres since the IXe century). On this subject, the discovery of sarcophagi around the church attest existence of a Nécropole, therefore of a religious occupation since at least the Early middle ages. The chorus and the Transept are XVIe century, the Nef was altered, and the gate of the western frontage goes back to 1629. This gate carries the inscription MAITRE YPOLITE MARTIN MASSON OF THIS PLACE HAS FAICT THIS PORTAL. REQUEST GOD FOR LUY. The building comprises several works of art, among which famous the Vierge with the child , statue of stone Polychrome of Burgondo-Champagne style of the XIVe century. One finds there also various representations of saints dating from the XVIe and XVIIe centuries: busts, reliquaries and Statues. The church counts also a large fabric of the surroundings of 1600 aut Moyen-âge, entitled Saint Jerome writing in his cell . This fabric as well as the Vierge with the child come from the Cordeliers of the Châtillon-on-Seine (following the sale of the abbey the day before the Révolution), and are both classified Historic buildings.

The XVIIe century also saw the construction of a Château, which has had for summer altered on several occasions. Only the four turns of angle are of origin.

The Pont of stone which crosses the course of the Ource was built in 1680, by decision of the States of Burgundy. On both sides of this bridge with 12 arches are two Moulins, like two laundrettes of the XIXe century. It should be noted that in the passing of the bridge, the river separates in two arms, letting appear small a " île" , that one names the Promenade of the Rough grazing .

Lastly, the site of the Table to the wolves comprises a circuit of Randonnée pedestrian 8 kilometers length, located in wood surrounding the village.

Personalities related to the commune

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External bonds

Brion-on-Ource on the site of the national geographical Institute
Brion-on-Ource on the site of INSEE
Brion-on-Ource on the site of Quid
Localization of Brion-on-Ource on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Brion-on-Ource on Mapquest

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