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Tourism Arras
Arras is the capital of the department of Pas-de-Calais. During your stay in the North, do not forget to visit the city, famous beyond the French borders for its beautiful Baroque squares. Its heritage also contains many other treasures.
Sights in Arras
- Cathedral and the Abbey of Saint-Vaast
- House of Wetz d’Amain
- Place Victor-Hugo and his obelisk
- Citadelle of Vauban
- War memorial of Vimy
- Museum of Beaux-Arts in Arras
Museums and monuments to visit
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Musée des Beaux-Arts d'ArrasThe Museum of Beaux Arts in Arras has some of the most remarkable collections of provincial museums. The museum also maintains the finest examples in history of Arras : ancient archeology, medieval ...
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Cathédrale et abbaye Saint-VaastThe Cathedral of Saint-Vaast is a classical style building, built in 1778. It forms with the current Museum of Beaux Arts and the library, the abbey of Saint-Vaast.
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Maison du Wetz d’AmainThe house of Wetz d'Amain is on the main square and is one of the most typical buildings of the city of Arras, with its hexagonal tower, its gable and no sparrows gate bricks and stones in ...
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Citadelle de VaubanThe citadel was built between 1668 and 1672 at the request of Louis XIV to protect the city of Arras against enemy invasions, it was never large military vocation. Its strategic position just earned ...
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Eglise du Sacré-CoeurLocated in the center of the town, the church of Saint-Aubin-Anzin date of the XIX century. It's dedicated to the Sacré-Cœur since 1885.
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Musée du Louvres-LensThe Louvres-Lens Museum is an art museum located in Lens, in Pas-de-Calais (Northern France). It is funded by the region, and built on a former land which was dedicated to the mines of the city. The ...
Côte d'Opale visit
- Thème : Walks
- Départ : Wimereux
- Durée : 1 jour
Do you need to take a breath of fresh air, far from the grayness and pollution of big cities? Do you know Pas-de-Calais and its Opal Coast in Hauts-de-France? Between the Platier d'Oye National Nature Reserve, near Gravelines in the North, and the town of Berck-sur-Mer, via Calais, ...
Visit the department of Pas-De-Calais
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Arras
- Durée : 5 jours
Visit Pas-De-Calais and discover its rich heritage and its historical monuments.
Bapaume city
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Bapaume
- Durée : 3 jours
Bapaume is a french town located in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais area.
Douai, citu of the art
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Douai
- Durée : 5 jours
Capital of the Northern Department from 1791 to 1804, the city found the faculties of law and letters in the middle of the nineteenth century. These are transferred to Lille in 1887.Wars of 1914 and 1939 causing widespread destruction.In 1945, Douai became the capital of the mining area. The ...