A balcony village on the Chemin des Dames: Cuissy-et-Geny

Sources tend to refer to the chapel of Geny, which belonged to Oeuilly in medieval times, while the village of Cuissy belonged to the chapter of Laon at the end of the 13th century.The two municipalities merged after 1789, and the church you see today is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. approach its porch and observe the fantastic bestiary that supports some of its capitals, and turn around too, the view is magnificent! It should also be noted that the small cemetery surrounding the building contains Commonwealth graves, those of seven British and New Zealand airmen whose plane was shot down on 23 April 1944... Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

You will pass close to this dry grassland, typical of these exposed limestone slopes, as you continue along Rue de la Grande Fontaine to descend into the valley...This site, covering an area of approximately 30 acres, is currently managed by the Hauts-de-France Conservatory of Natural Areas...

This church was almost entirely destroyed during the fighting of 14-18 and rebuilt on the same site. In the adjacent cemetery, there are war graves of Commonwealth soldiers who fell on the Chemin des Dames in 1914...