At the edge of the city, a tree-lined path established at the end of the 16th century, bordered by linden trees from the same era, leads to the Chapel of the Holy Trinity. The Monument site has been utilized over the centuries and includes, in addition to the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, a sepulcher from 1715 and a calvary. The Monument site, located on a slight schist elevation, also known as the "butte de Cornimont," forms an interesting ensemble that has been utilized over the centuries. It was long a renowned pilgrimage site for the miraculous healings that took place there. It was also a sanctuary for respite, where parents came to present their stillborn babies in the hope that the child would give a sign of life, allowing them to perform the baptism sacrament and thus save the child's soul. It seems that the site also served for the fulfillment of penances imposed on penitents subjected to 'reparation sentences' mandated by the Courts of Justice. The calvary, situated on a flat rocky mass overlooking the plain, is said to be the oldest part of the site. The configuration of the place, resembling the bow of a ship, is astonishing. It is said that pagan rites and sacrifices may have taken place there... Perhaps this is why, in 1610, a Chapel of the Holy Trinity was built from blue stone in Renaissance style, to which, in 1642, the seven stations of the cross were added along the linden tree avenue. Below, a natural cave facing the West could not have been better suited for placing a sculpture of a deposition (Holy Sepulcher). The fortunate arrangement of this spot was established by the comparison made between the distance separating the cave from the city and that separating Golgotha from Jerusalem. The hermitage seems to have been erected primarily for the oversight of the site. The Chapel of the Trinity, the Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher, known as the Monument, the avenue, and the surroundings were successively classified on 3/2/1953 and 6/12/1976.

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