Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . treaty ofNimwegen in 1678 it has belonged to France. Valenciennes is the birth-place of a large number of celebrated men, many of whom are representedin medallions round the statue of Froissart (p. 49). Besides the latter,Mme. dEpinay, the authoress, Antoine, Louis, and Francois Watteau,J. B. Pater, Pujol, and Harpignies, the painters, Andr^ Beauneveu, H. Lemaire,Carpeaux, Hiolle, Crauk, and L. Fagel, the sculptors, were natives ofthis town. From the new railway-sta
Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . treaty ofNimwegen in 1678 it has belonged to France. Valenciennes is the birth-place of a large number of celebrated men, many of whom are representedin medallions round the statue of Froissart (p. 49). Besides the latter,Mme. dEpinay, the authoress, Antoine, Louis, and Francois Watteau,J. B. Pater, Pujol, and Harpignies, the painters, Andr^ Beauneveu, H. Lemaire,Carpeaux, Hiolle, Crauk, and L. Fagel, the sculptors, were natives ofthis town. From the new railway-station (PI. A, 2) we turn to the rightand enter the town by the Avenue Ferrand, passing the huge build-ing of the Academies (PI. A, B, 3), in which are schools of art andmusic and a Museum of Natural History, especially rich in minerals. The Lycee (PI. B, 3), close by, occupies part of an old collegefounded by the Jesuits in the 16th cent, in another part of whichis the Municipal Library, containing about 38,600 vols, and 800 MSS.(open on week-days, 10-1 & 5-8), and the small Musee Benezech[books, etc.). ;» MwiiTtrugdlea. 3 ^^^^X,^ f%^^^
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