Ostel: Vacation Apartments and Holiday Homes
Ostel is laid out along a single main road with detached houses. The town was completely destroyed in 1917 and rebuilt in the same place from 1922 onward. The municipal buildings form a cohesive ensemble that bears witness to the reconstruction efforts.
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Culture
The parish church of Saint-Glorieux et Saint-Blaise d'Ostel was rebuilt in the town center after its destruction during the First World War and completed at the end of 1931. The church has an elongated floor plan, no transept, and a two-bay nave.
Ostel's current cemetery is located at the entrance to the town when arriving from the direction of Braye-en-Laonnois. It contains the graves of 19 French soldiers who fell in the First World War, as well as numerous family tombs from the 19th century.
Ostel's war memorial was inaugurated on September 30, 1924, and is an obelisk made of gray granite.
The aviators' memorial was erected in 1921 in honor of Marcel Vernes, observer, and Jean Peinaud, pilot of the 7th Squadron. It commemorates Marcel Vernes and Jean Peinaud, who were killed over Ostel on March 24, 1917. The monument stands outside the village on the road to Vailly-sur-Aisne.
The Monument aux morts des Aviateurs is a rectangular masonry stele made of dressed rubble stone and featuring a dressed-stone slab decorated with a martyr's palm.
Hiking
The Les Roches de l'Abondin hike runs from Vailly-sur-Aisne via Ostel and back to Vailly-sur-Aisne, is 10 km long, and takes around 3 hours. It includes the aviators' memorial in Ostel.
Surroundings
La Croix sans Tête is a historic site in the vicinity of Ostel, as is the Ferme de Froidmont. Château de la Roche is a château in the vicinity of Ostel, while Fort de Condé is a ruin in the vicinity of Ostel. Côte 108 is a hill in the wider regional area around Ostel.
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