The Route du Saillant de Saint-Mihiel runs through Saint-Baussant and was established to explore sites associated with the First World War. Special signage leads to the route’s most representative historical sites, including Saint-Baussant.
Travellers wishing to explore Saint-Baussant and the Route du Saillant de Saint-Mihiel may be planning to rent a holiday apartment.
Culture and History
The Saint-Baussant church was rebuilt by the architect Lucien Lafarge.
While walking through the streets of Saint-Baussant, visitors can discover a stone fountain with a cast-iron pump and a fountain with a trough. Both fountains date from the period after the First World War.
The Château de Saint-Baussant was demolished in 1636 on the orders of the French; its walls and towers were pulled down, and only the donjon remained, which was converted into a residence.
Paths and Landscapes
The German trenches of Saint-Baussant are located on the First World War front line in the Saint-Mihiel Salient and in the Forêt domaniale des Hauts de Mad. They can be visited independently or with a guide upon request; there are also marked trails. Saint-Baussant has the Sentier des tranchées (14-18), a hiking trail.
Surroundings
The Château de Pierrefort, a château, is located in the vicinity of Saint-Baussant. The ruins of the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre are also located in the vicinity of Saint-Baussant. The Abbaye de Sainte-Marie-aux-Bois, a historical site, is likewise located in the vicinity of Saint-Baussant.
In the wider regional surroundings of Saint-Baussant are the Abbaye de Rangéval, a monastery, the Grotte Sainte-Reine, a cave, the Parc Naturel Régional de Lorraine, a regional nature park, the Fontaine du Cerf, a spring, and the Butte de Mousson, a hill.
Other places: Rouves, Pulney, Maxéville, Bréhain-La-Ville, Briey, Igney, Maizières, Blâmont
