Sites and Monuments
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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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Moulin de la vallée - ROMBIES ET MARCHIPONTRombies-et-MarchipontThe Moulin de la Vallée in Rombies-et-Marchipont A small border village which successfully escaped industrialisation, Rombies-et-Marchipont still has an attractive water mill dating from 1779. Although no longer in operation since ...
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Chapelle du Carmel - ST SAULVESaint-SaulveThe basilica of Notre-Dame du Saint-Cordon in Valenciennes. Erected between 1852 and 1865, the church is built in the neo-Gothic style. Standing at a height of 82 m, its tower houses the municipal bell known as Jeanne de Flandre, ...
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Bibliothèque et église St Nicolas - VALENCIENNES ...ValenciennesThe former Jesuits’ chapel and library in Valenciennes (XVIII.) This large building is today home to the municipal media library and includes one of the finest collections of ancient manuscripts in the region, which came here from ...
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Grotte de l'église St Martin - ARTRESArtresThe grotto of the Church of St-Marin in Artres The Church of Saint-Martin in Artres is noteworthy for its miniature replica of the famous grotto of Lourdes. Ancient gravestones remind the visitor of the existence of the old cemetery ...
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Ensemble Beffroi-corps de garde - CONDE SUR L'ESCAUT ...Condé-sur-l'EscautThe Belfry and Guardroom in Condé-sur-l’Escaut. (XVIII.) On the western side of Place Pierre Delcourt we find the belfry and its guardroom. This is an interesting example of the sharing of municipal and state activities locally ...
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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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