At the end of the Rue du Mont, at the crossroads, at No. 6 on the left, at the end of a courtyard, you will see an old lintel, and on the other side of the street, two other lintels one on top of the other. According to tradition, these are from the former stronghold of the Bishop of Langres. However, the date of 1560 on one of the lintels is much later than the disappearance of this "castle" in 1432, making the tradition unfounded.
At No. 6, the lintel features a cartouche decorated with three oak branches in fruit placed successively on two leathers, with the initials L and B, a possible coat of arms of the De Darnay family.
Opposite, in the street, is an escutcheon on leather dated 1560 with the initials O,M and G,B (or vice versa), surmounted by three scallops, as they are represented, for example, in the arms of the De Belmont family. Next to this is another large cartouche on leather, bearing the inscription "Dominus virtutum nobiscu(s) susceptor noster den(is) Jaco(bus)". This phrase, which has long puzzled researchers, is taken from the refrain of Psalm 46 (45) of the Bible, and literally means "The Lord of powers is with us; our support is the god of Jacob".|In view of their religious message, it seems that these lintels may have come either from one of the ancient vicarages around the church, or from the church itself, which was rebuilt in several phases after the wars of the late Middle Ages, with its current doorway dating from the 17th century.
Not open to the public: this private site is only visible from the outside.
Linteaux du château de Cohons
