Belvedere path
plums
We are in Lay-Saint-Christophe, the "village of a thousand fountains." With its origins in the Gallo-Roman era, Lay-Saint-Christophe was home to a community of Benedictines and a priory in the Middle Ages. Renowned for the birthplace of Saint Arnoû, an ancestor of Charlemagne, the commune of Lay-Saint-Christophe is intimately linked to water. Omnipresent, it encouraged the creation of 19 fountains and washhouses, still in operation today. Composed of the Basse Lay which runs along the Amezule River and the Haute-Lay on the hillside, Lay-Saint-Christophe was the residence of illustrious Lorrainers such as Louis Guingot, an artist from the Nancy School, who lived there until his death in 1948. The master glassmaker and founder of the famous Daum crystal factory, Antonin Daum and his wife Marguerite bought a XNUMXth-century rural residence there and gave it an Art Nouveau style. The upper part of the town is dotted with magnificent Renaissance residences and other typical Lorraine farms which give Lay-Saint-Christophe an exceptionally picturesque character.
