Église Saint-Hubert, Chapelle du Try-au-Chêne on the border between Baisy-Thy and Bousval, and walks through Bois de la Tassenière give Baisy-Thy several distinct highlights. Mémorial Brunswick adds to the area’s cultural history, while Club ULM Baisy-Thy offers microlight flights. This brings together architectural and commemorative history, landscape and another activity.

Architectural history and remembrance

Église Saint-Hubert de Baisy-Thy was built in 1763 in the Neoclassical style. Its polychrome wooden furnishings date from the 17th and 18th centuries; the organ was built and delivered in 1867. These details shed light on different aspects of the same building: the style describes the church’s architecture, the polychrome wood its furnishings, and 1867 marks the history of the instrument. Those interested in church architecture can consider the building, its furnishings and the organ’s history separately, rather than classifying the church solely by the year it was built.

Mémorial Brunswick offers a different emphasis from the church: it honours Frédéric-Guillaume de Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and was inaugurated on 16 June 1890. While Église is described in terms of its style and furnishings, the memorial focuses on the person honoured and the precise date of its inauguration. This adds a distinct way of exploring history alongside the religious buildings.

Chapelle du Try-au-Chêne was built in 1608 by Captain Thierry le Jeune. It is situated on a plateau on the border between Baisy-Thy and Bousval. Compared with Église Saint-Hubert, it was built well before the church in 1763; its position on a plateau and the border adds a geographical dimension to the historical perspective.

Viewed as a sequence, the construction of the chapel in 1608, the building of the church in 1763 and the inauguration of the memorial in 1890 stand alongside one another. The dates refer to different events, ranging from the construction of a place of worship to the building of a church and the inauguration of a monument.

Walks through woodland and countryside

The walk “La Tassenière - Baisy-Thy” passes through Bois de la Tassenière and by the surrounding chapels. The circular route “Circuit 8: Promenade des Grands Fossés” follows Chemin de la Tassenière in Baisy-Thy. Their highlights differ: the walk combines woodland and chapels, while the circular route follows the named Chemin. Tassenière thus appears both in the name of the walk and as the name of the Chemin on the circular route, while their respective features remain distinct.

The “Godefroid de Bouillon” route describes Baisy-Thy as surrounded by fields and forests. This adds a broader landscape perspective to the specific walk through Bois de la Tassenière: the walk passes through a particular forest, while the route describes fields and forests as the surroundings of the village.

On the “Au cœur de la tourmente” walk, a QR code provides additional information on a phone during the walk, depending on the walker’s location. Those who want to use digital content along the way can take this location-dependent access to information into account when choosing the walk.

Another activity

Club ULM Baisy-Thy offers microlight flights. This adds a distinct type of activity to the historic sites and walks. If you are considering Baisy-Thy as a destination, you can choose between architectural and commemorative history, routes featuring woodland and chapels, or microlight flights. These different highlights offer a concrete basis for deciding which aspect of the area you want to make the focus of your trip.

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