La Fontaine Saillard

Nature will delight the walker in spring: cherry blossoms, orchids, muscaris... In summer, he can refresh himself in the woods after a stop to admire the panorama of the Saint Claude plateau.

This 14 km route in the heart of the Pays des Sources will allow you to admire beautiful panoramas while discovering the traces of the soldier's cantonments during the Great War.

In Mareuil-la-Motte, several commemorative plaques honour the soldiers of the First World War, notably in the "Saint-Claude quarry", which keep a plaque in memory of the officers and non-commissioned officers of the 262nd RI, as well as another to the British troops. Restored and restored with the help of the association "Patrimoine de la Grande Guerre" (Great War Heritage), the access is closed by a gate that allows visitors to see what the quarry contains, while protecting it from vandals. The Saint-Claude quarry can be discovered with the help of the association that protected it (didier.guenaff@wanadoo.fr)

The Caurette Fountain is also among the proposed stages. It was the place of water supply for the soldiers of the Great War stationed on the heights of the Saint-Claude plateau. It was restored in 2001, during a youth project set up by the community of communes of the Pays des Sources.

Near the course you can also see at the "Cabaret Rouge" a plaque that recalls the feat of the men of the 9th Cuirassiers on foot. They stopped the German offensive on the Saint-Claude plateau on 9 June 1918. On the road to Elincourt, two monuments honour two soldiers who died for France.