The ancestral town of Troyes is shaped like a champagne Cork.
Astonishing, don't you think? As you will see, aerial photographs make this very clear.

The old fortifications that once protected the town have now given way to boulevards lined with large gardens full of flowers and trees that form the contour of the "cork". What a coincidence, you may think, that the sparkling terroir of the Aube vineyards is only a few kilometres away.
This is worth the visit …