Sites and Monuments
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Château d'Aubry du Hainaut - AUBRY DU HAINAUT ...Aubry-du-HainautThe Château d'Aubry du Hainaut Located in the Scarpe Escaut regional nature park three minutes from Valenciennes, this huge 16th century stately home and its grounds have been converted into a peaceful top of the range hotel. It ...
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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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Pompe à feu du Sarteau - FRESNES SUR ESCAUTFresnes-sur-EscautThe Sarteau Fire pump (XIX.) The area in which the Sarteau pit is located was the first to be operated in the Nord-Pas de Calais coalfield after 1720. Until recent research uncovered new facts, this brick built building resembling ...
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Gare de Fresnes et cavalier Somain-Peruwelz - ...Fresnes-sur-EscautFresnes railway station & the Somain-Peruwelz rail line Built on the same Somain-Peruwelz line as the former railway stations of Condé-sur-l’Escaut and Vieux-Condé, this building includes a glazed brick facade, as found on the ...
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Ecluse des repenties et parc de la citadelle ...ValenciennesThe Écluse des Repenties and the Parc de la Citadelle in Valenciennes (XVIII.) A huge park provides an opportunity to discover the remains of the Ecluse des Repenties (the penitents’ lock), the now restored Citadelle (fortress) ...
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Fontaine St Landelin - CRESPINCrespinThe Saint-Landelin Fountain Located at the end of Rue du Roy de Blicquy, the Saint Landelin fountain is still operational, its masonry topped with 4 rows of dressed stone and has been carefully maintained for more than a thousand ...
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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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Chapelle Ste Marie Madeleine - SEBOURGSebourgThe chapel of Sebourquiaux Originally mediaeval, this chapel is dedicated to Saint Marie-Madeleine whose feast day is July 22. She is the patron saint of carders and barrel makers, a reference to the two main activities of Sebourg ...
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