Sites and Monuments
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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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Rue SCHERERValenciennesRUE SCHERER Bienvenue place des Acacias. Découvrez 12 rues du quartier ! Devant vous ; Barthélemy - Louis - Joseph Schérer Paulin GUERIN (Toulon, 1783 - Paris, 1855) XIXe siècle © Paris - Musée de l’Armée, Dist. RMN-Grand ...
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Rue Emmanuel REYValenciennesRUE EMMANUEL REY Bienvenue place des Acacias. Découvrez 12 rues du quartier ! Devant vous ; Portrait d’Emmanuel Rey FORESTIER (Néhou, 1755 - 1828) XIXe siècle Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon © RMN-Grand Palais (Château ...
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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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Gare - FRESNES SUR ESCAUTFresnes-sur-EscautThe Compagnie d'Anzin was the first to set up its own rail network for the transport of coal, the Somain-Peruwelz rider. Built between 1838 and 1874, it connects the Company's pits and extends for 40 kilometers. Located on the last ...
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Terril de la Bleuse Borne - ANZINAnzinThe spoil heaps of the Bleuse Borne mining area in Anzin At 8.83 million tonnes, this pit was among the most productive of the Compagnie des Mines d’Anzin. It closed in 1935, and its mine head frame was dismantled in 1953. The sheer ...
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La zone Fromont - Aulnoy-lez-ValenciennesAulnoy-lez-ValenciennesLA ZONE FROMONT
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Rue SAUDEURValenciennesRUE SAUDEUR Bienvenue place des Acacias. Découvrez 12 rues du quartier ! Devant vous ; Buste du général Adrien - Joseph Saudeur Louis AUVRAY (Valenciennes, 1810 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1890) 1837 Ville de Condé-sur-l’Escaut ...
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Rue Barbe PARENTValenciennesRUE BARBE PARENT Bienvenue place des Acacias. Découvrez 12 rues du quartier ! Devant vous ; Jemmapes, 6 novembre 1792 Hippolyte BELLANGER (Paris, 1800 - Paris, 1866) Médiathèque Simone Veil - Valenciennes
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Château de l'Hermitage - CONDE SUR L'ESCAUTCondé-sur-l'EscautThe Château de l’Hermitage (XVIII.) The Château de l’Hermitage was built between 1786 and 1789 by the architect Chaussard for Prince Anne-Emmanuel de Croÿ whose wealth significantly increased after the discovery and mining ...
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Eglise St Géry - MAINGMaingSaint-Géry in Maing The Church of Maing is one of the oldest in the Valenciennes area. It is mentioned for the first time in the 11th century in a charter from the Bishop of Cambrai Manassés, placing the altar of Maing under the ...
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La Place du Canada - Aulnoy-lez-ValenciennesAulnoy-lez-ValenciennesLA PLACE DU CANADA LA PRISE DU MONT-HOUY PAR LES CANADIENS La prise du Mont Houy a été une des batailles les plus importantes avant l’assaut sur Valenciennes.La Libération d’Aulnoy a eu lieu le 1er novembre 1918, grâce notamment ...
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Eglise St Nicolas - ROMBIES ET MARCHIPONTRombies-et-MarchipontThe Church of Saint-Nicolas in Rombies-et-Marchipont The current church dates from 1718 as attested by the inscription shown in a diamond-shaped inset in the northern outer wall and the date displayed in raised bricks on the western ...
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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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Le Saint Cordon: une tradition au long cours, ...ValenciennesGravure de Notre Dame du Saint Cordon par J.B. Le Saint Cordon: une tradition au long cours, vivante et populaire. An 1008: la Vierge aurait protégé de la peste la ville de Valenciennes d'un cordon sanitaire déroulé sur le ...
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Le pont sur la Rhonelle - Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes ...Aulnoy-lez-ValenciennesLE PONT SUR LA RHONELLE Avant 1802, pour « passer de l’autre côté de l’eau » (vieille expression locale alors partagée par les anciens Aulnésiens), les piétons n’avaient d’autre solution que d’emprunter la passerelle ...
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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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Cimetière St Roch - VALENCIENNESValenciennesThe Saint-Roch Cemetery in Valenciennes Opened in 1792, Valenciennes' Saint-Roch Cemetery is the eternal resting place of the men and women who made Valenciennes and its people so famous. Discover its monuments which are fine examples ...
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Chapelle Ste Thérèse - VIEUX CONDEVieux-CondéThe chapel of Sainte-Thérèse in Vieux-Condé The second parish church of Vieux-Condé, known as the chapel of Sainte-Thérèse, is situated in the district of La Solitude, a remarkable mining district someway removed from the town ...
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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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1918 - Valenciennes est libéréeValenciennes1918 - VALENCIENNES EST LIBÉRÉE Bienvenue place des Acacias. Découvrez 12 moments d'Histoire artistiquement illustrés ! Devant vous: Le défilé du 127e RI sur la place d’Armes 1919 Médiathèque Simone-Veil - Valenciennes ...
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Rue Adolphe LACUZONValenciennesRUE ADOLPHE LACUZON Bienvenue place des Acacias. Découvrez 12 rues du quartier ! Devant vous ; Portrait d’Adolphe Lacuzon Léon CASSEL (Lille, 1872 - Paris, 1961) Début XXe siècle Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes
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Rue Alfred GIARDValenciennesRUE ALFRED GIARD Bienvenue place des Acacias. Découvrez 12 rues du quartier ! Devant vous ; Alfred Giard Paul RICHER (Chartres, 1849 - Paris, 1933) 1908 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes
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Eglise St Wasnon - CONDE SUR L'ESCAUTCondé-sur-l'EscautThe Church of Saint-Wasnon Erected between 1751 and 1755 on the site of the former parish church, the Church of Saint-Wasnon was ordered by Marshal Emmanuel de Croÿ from Pierre Contant d’Ivry, a popular Parisian architect very ...
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