Chaumont-Porcien

Chaumont-Porcien is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

History

After his travel to the tomb of Jesus, in the 6th century,. When he arrived at the forest of Chaumont-Porcien, he saw the "Bald Mount", called like this because there were no trees on it, whereas the forest covered all the rest of the landscape. Berthauld became Saint-Berthauld, because he spread the God's word in a pagan area. After his dead, an abbey was built. Destroyed many times, there is nothing left. Thanks to Isidore Fressancourt, a chapel was built in 1876, on the "Bald Mount", still standing, and a way to discover histories and legends of "Porcien".