The Château de Cognée and the Pêcherée at the start of Camp-Marbais

If you reach Rue du Camp by car, be sure to park on the concrete part of the road so as not to obstruct tractor traffic.

(S/E) Then head towards the chapel via Rue du Camp and a dirt track.

(1) Take the dirt track that branches off perpendicularly to the right, running alongside the fence of the last property on Rue du Camp. On your right, you will see the bell tower of Saint-Martin Church in Marbais. You will come out onto a section of tarmac road.

(2) Continue straight ahead until you reach the concrete road. (Oratory overlooking on the right). Head for the dirt track on the other side, slightly to the left. Cross over and follow it.
On the right, in the distance, you can see the Marbais cemetery.
Continue along this path until you reach the end. You will come out at the hamlet of Dreumont, between two houses, the one on the left is lined with fir trees. Cross over and continue straight ahead on the very short concrete path to the right-hand corner of the street, where it crosses a larger concrete road.

(3) Opposite, between the house and the meadow, there is a path. Take it, zigzag a little, and after a short slope, you will reach a stream and a crossroads. Keep going straight ahead. On the left is a pond. Climb the small hill with a few houses, from where the path descends and meets a road (Rue Ruffin).

(4) Turn right and a little further on, on the left, opposite a small playground, a path begins (two large red brick pillars with concrete tops).
Take the path and, at the Y junction, keep to the right and head into the trees. Continue, cross the cobbled road and enter the path that runs between the gardens of the houses on your left and the grounds of the Château de Cognée on your right.
At the end of the path, you will come out onto Rue de la Gare (don't look for the station, it no longer exists).

(5) Turn right and walk along the castle grounds. At the bottom of the street, at the crossroads, turn left onto Rue Minique. Walk all the way down this street. You will come out opposite two garages with metal roller shutters. Cross the street and turn left (there is a bakery on the corner) onto Rue Par delà l'Eau. Turn left and you will soon come to the crossroads with Rue de la Jouerie. Turn right and continue for a few metres.

(6) Then turn left onto the path. Continue until you reach Ruisseau de la Pêcherée. Walk past a second pond on your right and the monument to the desecrated Hosts on your left. You will come to a wall. Take the path on the left.
At the end of the path, turn left again onto a rough track. On your left, you will have a beautiful view of the Ferme de la Jouerie and its D'Jirau meadow.
After a bend and a slight incline, you will reach an asphalt road, Rue Lalou. Continue straight ahead, going down the slope.
Do not turn right onto Rue de la Tourette, but take Rue Lorrain to the next crossroads. Turn right, and a little further on, turn left to return to the car park before Rue du Camp (S/E).

- Cognée Castle
It dates from the^17th century and was formerly owned by the late Édouard Dumont de Chassart.
The Dumont de Chassart family is famous in the region: they were large landowners, owning numerous farms. They provided employment for many people in agriculture, the sugar factory, the distillery and the malt house.
It is currently available for hire for events.
- Ferme de la Jouerie and the D'Jirau meadow
Cirkwi: This farm castle dates from the second half of^{the 18th} century. In the^15th century, it was the seat of a fiefdom in Marbais, which was ravaged in 1675 by passing armies. A stone sealed in 1946 commemorates the fact that this is where Philippe Pieret, bailiff of Marbais from 1684 to 1771, lived.
At the beginning of^{the 20th} century, La Jouerie was a centre for breeding draught horses. The horses were requisitioned by the Germans in 1914.
- The D'jirau meadow – The Archers of Marbais – Shooting of the Royal Bird
D'jirau = Jay in Walloon
Archers of Marbrais: As in any seigneury worthy of the name, Marbais had a very remarkable corps of archers in the Middle Ages. The adoption of firearms in^{the 16th} century robbed this company of its military importance; it soon became a recreational shooting club and, as such, organised great celebrations in which the entire bourgeoisie took part. Lancelot, Lord of Marbais from 1559 to 1592, granted it a regulation called the Act of Erection of the Oath of Saint Sebastian. This institution took the name of Serment Royal
The shooting takes place every year on the last Sunday in April.
On that day, at 1 p.m. sharp, the archers gather with their bows and arrows at the club's premises. Led by a flag and music, the members go in a group to the King's home, if he lives in Marbais.
After refreshments offered by the King, the archers go to the Djirau meadow to elect a new King.
There, after raising the pole on which the cockerel has been placed, the King receives the oath of the new members.
He shoots the first three arrows of the competition. Then it is the turn of the new members to shoot, followed by the other members of the society in order of a draw.
The archer who is the first to shoot down the cockerel, fixed at a height of 28 metres and called Djirau, will be promoted to the position of new King.
The winner is then congratulated by all his fellow members and dressed in a garnet-coloured cape and the necklace signifying his title. He carries the fallen cockerel, impaled on the decisive arrow, as his sceptre.
Passing through the courtyard of the Jouerie farm, where the Archers are given refreshments, the King and his entourage parade through the streets of the village to the sound of the brass band, then go to vespers at the parish church.
At the end of the service, the Archers perform the Dance of Death in honour of the new King; they then go to the hall where the King is once again warmly congratulated.
During this gathering, twelve archers are chosen by lottery to accompany the King and escort the relic of the Holy Cross during the grand procession on the first Sunday in May.
After this meeting, the King is happy to offer a toast to his subjects and the day ends as each person sees fit.
The archer who shoots down the bird three years in a row takes the title of Emperor.
- Monument to the Desecrated Hosts (according to Paysdevillers-tourisme)
This stele was erected in 1804, after sacrilegious hands stole the ciborium from the parish church and threw away the consecrated hosts; they were found by a shepherd.
According to legend, the day after the theft, the shepherd, who was grazing his sheep in the meadow of the Jouerie farm, saw his animals heading towards the ditch bordering the path and kneeling in a circle in front of something he could not see. The shepherd approached and discovered the scattered holy hosts. To repair the outrage, the people of Marbeaucourt erected a stele on the spot.