page_title: Aisne
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Aisne / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: Stadhuis Saint Quentin
context_page_description: Aisne is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne.
context_section_description: The boat tours relates in part to the Canal de Saint-Quentin with its electric towage and two tunnels (Lesdins and Riqueval/Vendhuile).
  In 2007, a large infrastructure for tourist accommodation, the Center Parcs, was built on the Lake of Ailette, close to many tourist attractions such as the Cathedral of Laon, the Chemin des Dames and the Château de Coucy.
  Among the many places to explore are:
  Monuments
  Castle of Villers-Cotterets at Château-Thierry
  Château de Condé
  Château de Coucy
  Castle Oigny-en-Valois
  Dungeon of Septmonts
  Château of Guise
  Cathedrals
  Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon
  Soissons Cathedral
  Churches and abbeys
  Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Abbey
  Abbaye du Tortoir de Saint Nicolas aux Bois
  Abbaye Saint-Vincent de Laon
  Abbaye Saint-Martin de Laon
  Longpont Abbey
  Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes
  Vauclair Abbey
  Church of Saint-Caprais
  Abbey church of Saint-Yved de Braine
  War memorials of the First World War
  Chemin des Dames
  The Caverne of the Dragon
  The Landowski Ghosts, Margival
  Bois de Belleau/Bois de la Brigade de Marine
  Musées
  Musée Henri Matisse à Bohain-en-Vermandois
  Quentin de Latour Museum in Saint-Quentin
  Musée du cheminot, the Familistère de Godin at Guise.
caption: Saint-Quentin townhall
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