Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . f^*/^. - AT nE-H^] VALENCIENNES •^Qi^ K«9 i: IdMxes c etiniptiirtf pur u Ws^^er i; to Valenciennes. VALENCIPJNNES. 5. Route. 47 The Square Carpeaux (PI. B, 3), a Utile farther on, is em-bellished with a bronze statue, by Carpeaux, of Antoine Watteau(1684-1721), the painter. The four figures surrounding it representItalian comedy. — In the same square rises the church of St. Gery(PI. B, 3), a Gothic edifice dating from 1225 but frequently restored,w
Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . f^*/^. - AT nE-H^] VALENCIENNES •^Qi^ K«9 i: IdMxes c etiniptiirtf pur u Ws^^er i; to Valenciennes. VALENCIPJNNES. 5. Route. 47 The Square Carpeaux (PI. B, 3), a Utile farther on, is em-bellished with a bronze statue, by Carpeaux, of Antoine Watteau(1684-1721), the painter. The four figures surrounding it representItalian comedy. — In the same square rises the church of St. Gery(PI. B, 3), a Gothic edifice dating from 1225 but frequently restored,with an elegant tower of 1852. The fine wood-carvings in the choir(16-18th cent.) illustrate the life of St. Norbert, the founder ofthe Praemonstratensian order. From this point the Rue de Paris leadsvia the Marche aux Herbes (PI. B, 3 ; tramway-office) to the hand-some Place dArmes (PI. B, 3, 4), the timber dweUings in which date from the period of the Spanish occupation (17th cent.). The *H6tel db Ville, in this Place, is the most interesting build-ing in Valenciennes. It was reconstructed in 1612, but the impos-ing f
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