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The Familist\u00e8re de Guise<\/em><\/h2>\n
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The main wing of the Familist\u00e8re de Guise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Only twenty minutes from the Maison Foresti\u00e8re de la Cailleuse, discover the Familist\u00e8re de Guise. Built between 1858 et 1883, the Familist\u00e8re was the work of Jean-Baptiste Andr\u00e9 Godin, a former factory worker who became rich by selling heating and cooking appliances.<\/p>\n

Godin was interested in the idea of reditributing wealth to the workers, and wanted to create an alternative to the capitalistic and industrial society of the time by bringing to workers the comfort and facilities that only the middle and upper classes had access to. He called this the “equivalence of wealth”. Beginning in 1859, he began building a complex next to his factory in Guise: the Familist\u00e8re, which was run like a worker’s production cooperative.<\/p>\n

Godin’s master idea was to associate capital and workforce. He created the association called “Le Familist\u00e8re” in 1880, and transformed his company into a production cooperative, the profits being used to build schools, rescue funds, etc.<\/p>\n

This major place in French social and industrial history of the 19th and 20th century includes several buildings: workers’ housings, schools, launderettes, swimming pools, theaters, commissaries…<\/p>\n

Ce haut-lieu de l’histoire sociale et industrielle fran\u00e7aise du 19e et 20e si\u00e8cle comprend plusieurs b\u00e2timents, destin\u00e9s aux logements des ouvriers, aux \u00e9coles, buanderies, piscines, th\u00e9\u00e2tre, economats…<\/p>\n

More information can be found on the Familist\u00e8re’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The fortified churches of Thi\u00e9rache<\/h2>\n

\"Eglises-fortifi\u00e9es\"<\/p>\n

More than sixty fortified churches can be found in Th\u00e9irache. This unique historical and architectural heritage is inherited from the geographical situation of this territory, which was marked by war, being a passing point between Picardie and Champagne but also the Germanic Empire and Kingdom of France.<\/p>\n

Many of these churches can be freely visited. For more informations, visit Tourisme en Thi\u00e9rache<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Other activities<\/h2>\n

The Picardie region, the Aisne department and the Thi\u00e9rache region have an extremely rich historical, cultural, architectural and ecological heritage. To find out more about the numerous activities available, we recommend visiting the following websites:<\/p>\n