Visits to the Epinal region

The historic company founded in 1796 was taken over in August 2014 by a new team. It became MAISON IMAGES d’EPINAL to promote its exceptional heritage.

The MAISON IMAGES d'EPINAL has given itself several missions:
- preserve and share its historical collection, rich in tens of thousands of images
- take advantage of its important heritage of wood engravings (+ 1500) and lithographic stones (+ 6000)
- contribute to the dynamism of contemporary artistic life and the transmission of knowledges

This tower is located in Épinal in the Vosges.
Under Napoleon I, Christophe Doublat, receiver general, deputy and president of the General Council of the Vosges, was immensely rich. In 1804, when he owned a property at the foot of the Épinal fortress, he acquired the castle and its park in order to design a landscaped garden.
To access it from his home, he decides to build a staircase which he hides in this Chinese tower.

Comfortably seated in your reclined seat, embark on an interstellar journey, thanks to the hemispherical screen ten meters in diameter, which makes up the dome of the Planetarium.
Equipped with a real space simulator, where a starry sky is recreated, the planetarium invites you on a journey through time and space, where young and old can dream and give free rein to their imagination.

Discover a unique site that mixes history, heritage, culture, relaxation and pleasure.
A 27 hectare park, a stone's throw from the city center, freely accessible, with historical remains, a medieval garden, an animal park, play areas for children, walking paths, picnic areas, a carousel and a catering point.

Reception and meeting point for residents and visitors, educational support for young people, La Glucoserie or architecture and heritage interpretation center (CIAP) focuses on innovation and new technologies, in particular use of video media, virtual reality technology or even mashup projection.

A place steeped in history recalling the tragedies of the Second World War, the Dinozé American Cemetery includes 5,253 graves on two fan-shaped plots and 424 names engraved on the wall of the missing.
This place instantly takes us to the heart of our past full of emotions and memories.

Surrounded by a conservatory orchard, the Ecomusée is located in a former distillers’ estate from the 1830s, listed as a Historic Monument.
Relive the history of these pioneers of cherry cultivation and distillation, through an original journey combining modernity and tradition.
Everything is there: cherry tree maintenance, fruit harvesting, kirsch production, bottling, marketing... Everything that has contributed to making Fougerolles a mecca for French distillation.

No machine will be able to replace the know-how of our confectioners who train on the job and pass on our manufacturing secrets for several generations now.
More than 35 kinds are produced in our manufacturing workshops: Vosges fir buds, eucalyptus, poppy, bergamot, violet, mirabelle plum, mint, licorice-anise, raspberry, blackberry, lemon, orange, mandarin, etc.

For 200 years, authenticity, passion and a spirit of commitment have been the values ​​that drive our company and our know-how. They are passed down from generation to generation.
We design, manufacture utensils and innovate to precisely meet the expectations of gastronomy professionals and amateurs.

Since 1820, Lecomte-Blaise has been offering you wonderful eaux-de-vie and liqueurs, handcrafted while respecting traditions. Tasting a Lecomte-Blaise specialty is savoring a moment of happiness!
Each season, we select fruits harvested from the most appropriate soils with in-depth knowledge of the fruits of orchards and forests, in order to restore in our brandies and liqueurs all the best that nature offers us.

Discover the Ferme Moine and its natural environment. You can taste our vintage Vosges rhubarb, our specialty, and other Vosges local products. At the heart of our family farm, you will get to know four rhubarb pearls, sparkling wines with fine, light and airy bubbles and also our two still wines: Blanc des Vosges: dry, and Crillon des Vosges: soft, all presented in a elegant and refined manner.

A jewel of millennial architecture, it accompanies the highlights of local life, watching over the city with its belfry tower like a sentinel of pink Vosges sandstone. Its heterogeneous silhouette blending eras won us over, as it won the hearts of the Spinalians...
The Basilica of Saint-Maurice is worth our visit, whatever our faith! Born in the 11th century, it was originally a parish but also an abbey, under the name of St Goëry whose relics...

Contemporary church combining concrete and glass, its 180 m2 of magnificent stained glass windows are a rarity not to be missed! Once through the gate, a soft colored light reveals bold lines to us, in an airy atmosphere conducive to meditation.
Let's not let ourselves be confused by its very contemporary exterior appearance with its concrete structure... because Notre-Dame-au-Cierge reconciles us with "Modern Art" as soon as we pass through the enamel gate!

With approximately 33,000 works preserved in its collections, the Departmental Museum of Ancient and Contemporary Art stands out in particular for the variety of objects preserved.
Discover now an overview of its collections by clicking on the different entries offered: major works, areas, themes or collections, the choice is yours!

The Châtel-sur-Moselle fortress located in Châtel-sur-Moselle in the Vosges is one of the largest castles in Europe.
It covers five hectares, has twenty-two towers and 1.4 km of ramparts, three floors of galleries and underground rooms.

Built between 1882 and 1884, Fort Uxegney was an important element of Place d'Epinal, which served as a support point for the fortified system set up, after 1870, from Belfort to Epinal and from Toul to Verdun, by General Séré de Rivières.
Strangely, the structure survived the two world conflicts without suffering damage, and it remains one of the very rare examples of a “Séré de Rivières” fort modernized before 1914, remaining intact.

The initiative to bring together a collection representative of violin and bow making activities in Mirecourt came from the Groupement des luthiers et arcetiers d'art de France (G.L.A.A.F.), under the presidency of Jean Bauer.
The creation of a municipal violin making museum in Mirecourt was officially mentioned by the municipal council during its meeting of January 23, 1973.
The municipal violin making museum was inaugurated at the Town Hall, on the occasion of Saint Cecilia, on November 24, 1973.

The La Fouillotte brewery is a project born from the meeting of Boris, Florian and Thibaut around the same passion: the love of good beers.
Since 2016, La Fouillotte has been offering you original and tasty beers made in Épinal (Vosges).