Sites and Monuments
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Les maisons scaldiennes - VALENCIENNESValenciennesThe Maisons Scaldiennes of Valenciennes (XIII- XVI.) The city of Valenciennes is home to a highly original group of half-timbered houses of a kind only found in the major towns of the Scheldt basin from where they get their name ...
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Château Dampierre - ANZINAnzinThe Château Dampierre in Anzin This small industrialist’s manor house built in the late 19th century was part of the estate belonging to the Compagnie des Mines d’Anzin (founded in 1757). It is the only remaining example of ...
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Orgue de St Antoine - QUAROUBLEQuaroubleThe organ of the Church of Saint Antoine in Quarouble Father Louis-Joseph Ricourt (1799-1868), the parish priest of Quarouble from 1825 to 1853, had the excellent idea of getting the municipal council to vote the sum of 3500 francs ...
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Cités Lorette et Chabaud Latour - CONDE SUR ...Condé-sur-l'EscautThe Lorette and Chabaud-Latour housing estates The Chabaud-Latour housing estate (1913) was built near the former pit bearing the same name. That of Lorette, for which construction began in 1914, is built immediately next to the ...
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Chevalement Dutemple - VALENCIENNESValenciennesThe Dutemple mine head frame (XX.) This mine head frame dating from 1920 is produced from reinforced concrete and modelled on the metal head frames. Today standing alone in a public garden, it is a remarkable example of the mine ...
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Hôtel de ville - ANZINAnzinAnzin town hall This remarkable building is the work of Constant Moyaux, an architect originating from the town who in 1861 received the much coveted Grand Prix de Rome for Architecture. (After the French Revolution and the Empire, ...
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Coron des 120 - VALENCIENNES & ANZINValenciennesThe Coron des 120 This development was incredibly modern for its day. It was submitted for the Universal Exhibition of 1867 focused on the theme of the social economy by the Compagnie des Mines d’Anzin and won a silver medal. The ...
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Cité Taffin - VIEUX CONDEVieux-CondéThe Taffin estate in Vieux-Condé This estate, which today stands as a noteworthy example of a sustainable and attractive district in the centre of Vieux-Condé, is located on the site of the grounds of the Taffin family’s chateau, ...
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