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Cambrai is built on the edge of the wide marshy area of the Scheldt Valley encircling the western part of the city, the Château de Selles to the north at the gate of the Holy Sepulchre in the south: Wet gardens, ponds, meadows, ponds and marsh formed a flood zone sometimes also used for the defence of the city. The suburb of Cantimpré, linking the ancient heart to the Scheldt below to the ...
The treaty between the Holy Roman emperor Charles V and Francis I of France was signed at Cambrai in 1529. Cambrai eventually was assigned to France by the Treaty of Nijmegen (1678). The town’s former cathedral was destroyed in 1793 after the French Revolution, and the town’s present cathedral of Notre Dame was built in the 19th century.
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Cambrai is classified as a listed town of Art and History Address: Cambrai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 59400, France || GPS coordinates: latitude 50.16, longitude 3.23
Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes): religious monument (9 km)Mastaing: ville fleurie 4* (17 km)Guyencourt-Saulcourt: ville fleurie 4* (21 km)Regular market(s) are held in Cambrai each Wednesday & Saturday. (Markets are held in the morning unless stated.) The French version of this page is at Cambrai (Francais)
Cambrai is built on the edge of the wide marshy area of the Scheldt Valley encircling the western part of the city, the Château de Selles to the north at the gate of the Holy Sepulchre in the south: Wet gardens, ponds, meadows, ponds and marsh formed a flood zone sometimes also used for the defence of the city. The suburb of Cantimpré, linking the ancient heart to the Scheldt below to the ...
- Musée de Cambrai. Housed in a stately 18th-century mansion, Cambrai’s museum has Dutch, French and Flemish art, and artefacts recording the town’s story.
- Église Saint-Géry. The current style of this magnificent church is a blend of Dutch Baroque and French Classicism, but the building has been evolving form more than a thousand years.
- Cambrai Belfry. No city in this region would be complete without a medieval belfry, and these buildings in Northern France and Belgium have gained World Heritage status from UNESCO.
- Porte de Paris. The most impressive single chunk of the city’s old walls is this gate that controlled the southern entrance. The Porte de Paris was erected towards the end of the 14th century, after Cambrai had come under siege by the English in the Hundred Years’ War.
Nov 11, 2017 · In August 1917, the commander of the newly-formed Tank Corps, Brigadier General Hugh Elles, proposed an operation to prove the ability of his tanks. In great secrecy, and under the cover of darkness, around 476 tanks, 1,000 guns, eight infantry and five cavalry divisions were massed at Cambrai. Zero hour was set for 6.20am on 20 November 1917.
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Nov 20, 2017 · A museum is set to open in the French village of Flesquières to mark the centenary of the Battle of Cambrai. The structure was specially built to house a British tank battered in battle in 1917.
