Hauts de France sightseeings
My trip to Hauts de France exploring its treasures. Visiting Palace of Compiegne, Castle Pierrefonds and Palace of Chantilly.
France: Compiègne
Compiègne is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
The city is located along the Oise River.
The town of Compiègne is located just downstream of the confluence of the Oise and Aisne. It is located 75 km north of Paris, 60 km from Beauvais by the RN 31 towards the west, 40 km south from Creil and 26 km west of Noyon in the northeast.
The Castle of Compiègne is a royal residence built for Louis XV and restored by Napoleon. Compiègne was one of three seats of royal government, the others being Versailles and Fontainebleau. It is open to the public.
Today's visitors can find three distinct museums within the chateau: the apartments themselves; the Museum of the Second Empire; and the National Car Museum (Le Musée de la Voiture), founded in 1927, with a collection of carriages, bicycles, and automobiles.
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Travel France - Touring Chateau Pierrefonds in Oise
Take a tour of Chateau Pierrefonds in Oise, France -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
An ancient and luxurious medieval castle lies in the northern commune of Compiegne, France.
The stunning Chateau Pierrefonds standing today was built in the late 14th century and has seen many eras of demolition and reconstruction.
A significant low point in the castle's history was during Louis XIII's reign, when the manor was met with extensive destruction.
Shortly after, in 1810, the castle was bought by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for the exceptionally low price of 3000 Francs.
As a result of this purchase restorations began on Pierrefonds which continued into the late 19th century.
This medieval, Romantic-style castle is now a popular museum in which visitors can tour the castle's impressive architecture and lavish interior.
Places to see in ( Amiens - France )
Places to see in ( Amiens - France )
Amiens is a city in northern France, divided by the Somme river. It’s known for the Gothic Amiens Cathedral and nearby medieval belfry. Shops and cafes line the Quartier St.-Leu’s narrow streets. Floating market gardens (“hortillonnages”) dot the city’s canals. The Musée de Picardie shows art and antiquities spanning centuries. Nearby, the Maison de Jules Verne is a museum where the science fiction author once lived.
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km (75 mi) north of Paris and 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France. The city had a population of 136,105 according to the 2006 census. It has one of the biggest university hospitals in France with a capacity of 1,200 beds.
Amiens Cathedral, the tallest of the large, classic, Gothic churches of the 13th century and the largest in France of its kind, is a World Heritage Site. The author Jules Verne lived in Amiens from 1871 until his death in 1905, and served on the city council for 15 years. During December, the town hosts the largest Christmas market in northern France. Amiens is known for a few local foods, including macarons d'Amiens, almond paste biscuits; tuiles amienoises, chocolate and orange curved biscuits; pâté de canard d'Amiens, duck pâté in pastry; la ficelle Picarde, an oven-baked cheese-topped crêpe; and flamiche aux poireaux, a puff pastry tart made with leeks and cream.
The first known settlement at this location was Samarobriva (Somme bridge), the central settlement of the Ambiani, one of the principal tribes of Gaul. The town was given the name Ambianum by the Romans, meaning settlement of the Ambiani people. Amiens was part of Francia from the 5th century. Normans sacked the city in 859 and again in 882. In 1113, the city was recognized by King Louis VI of France and joined to the Crown of France in 1185. In 1597, Spanish soldiers held the city during the six-month Siege of Amiens, before Henry IV regained control. During the 18th and 19th century, the textile tradition of Amiens became famous for its velours
Amiens, the regional prefecture of Picardy, is also the prefecture of the Somme, one of the three departments (with Oise and Aisne) in the region. Located in the Paris Basin, across the country the city benefits from a privileged geographical position (proximity to Paris, Lille, Rouen, London and Brussels). At the crossroads of major European routes of movement (A1, A16 and A29), the city is also at the heart of a major rail star. As the crow flies, the city is 115 kilometres (71 mi) from Paris, 97 kilometres (60 mi) from Lille, 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Rouen, 162 kilometres (101 mi) from Le Havre and 144 kilometres (89 mi) from Reims. At the regional level, Amiens is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) north of Beauvais, 71 kilometres (44 mi) west of Saint-Quentin, 66 kilometres (41 mi) from Compiègne and 102 kilometres (63 mi) from Laon.
Amiens is a hub between the Île de France and the rest of the north of France; Normandy and Benelux; and France and Great Britain. Amiens is not directly on principal European road and rail arteries, such as the A1 motorway and the Paris-Lille TGV train line, at present. However, at halfway between the urban areas of Lille and Paris, Amiens has good conditions of service and accessibility, including motorways (at the junction of the A16 and A29).
Alot to see in ( Amiens - France ) such as :
Amiens Cathedral
Samara Arboretum
Jules Verne House
Musée de Picardie
Zoo d'Amiens
St. Pierre Park
Tour Perret
Botanical Garden
Belfry of Amiens
Parc de l'Évêché d'Amiens
Le Jardin Des Vertueux
Musée des Hortillonnages
Monumento al General Leclerc
Estatua de Pierre l'Ermite.
L'Homme sur sa bouée
From Grand Marais Park
Château de Creuse
Monumento a Amiens
La Ferme d'Antan
Clos Alexandre
Château de Prouzel
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PARIS WALK | Palais Royal Courtyard and Gardens | France
A first-person perspective Paris walk tour around Palais-Royal’s wonderful courtyard and gardens.
See all the sights as Watched Walker (yes, I’m talking about myself in the third person) takes us on a walking tour through the streets of Paris, featuring Le Palais Royal. The tour begins in front of outside of Palais-Royal on Place Colette, then travels through the entrance into the courtyard, next around the gardens and returning back to the courtyard, where the tour concludes.
Sights seen along the tour include the silver-balls water feature ‘Fontaines de Pol Bury’ (‘Fountains of Pol Bury’), 17th-century arcades, tree-lined avenues, beautiful green gardens with a fountain in the central square, skateboarders, and a courtyard (Cour d’Honneur) featuring Daniel Buren's striped columns ‘Les Deux Plateaux’ (‘The Two Levels’), with a biker jumping onto one of those columns.
Footage recorded August 2017.
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Places to see in ( Arras - France )
Places to see in ( Arras - France )
Arras is a city in northern France. The Carrière Wellington is a network of quarry tunnels used by soldiers during WWI. North of the city, surrounded by lush countryside, the Canadian National Vimy Memorial honors the Canadian soldiers killed during the war. In town, the cobbled Place des Héros has buildings with Flemish facades, including the Town Hall and belfry. The Abbey of St. Vaast houses a fine arts museum.
The capital of the historic Artois region has a strong Flemish accent, clear in the names, architecture, food and art. The gabled houses on Place des Héros and Grand-Place could easily be in Belgium or the Netherlands, while the fine arts museum has a bounty of Flemish and Dutch baroque painting.
The First World War raged in this region and there are constant reminders of the conflict a century later: Metres below your feet in Arras is an old labyrinth of chalk tunnels where the citizens took shelter, but also where Allied forces coordinated the Battle of Arras in 1917. An then just outside the city are memorials, cemeteries and thought-provoking museums.
An unexpected gem of a city, Arras (the final 's' is pronounced), the former capital of Artois, is worth seeing mainly for its exceptional ensemble of Flemish-style arcaded buildings – the main squares are especially lovely at night – and two subterranean WWI sites. The city makes a good base for visits to the Battle of the Somme memorials.
The city of Arras is famous for its two gems that are the Grand Place (main square) and the Héros square. Surrounded by 155 houses of Flemish Baroque style, these two paved squares are magnificent and make an enchanting scene! Very lively, the Héros square, lined with covered galleries home to fine food shops and cafés, is dominated by the belfry of the town hall. The former Saint-Vaast Benedictine abbey house a Fine Art museum dedicated to painting and sculpture.
All of the belfries in the historic County of Flanders are listed as UNESCO sites, and that goes for the proud one on Place des Héros. A lift will get you most of the way to a panoramic viewpoint, and after that you have to scale another 40 steps on a metallic spiral stairway for a bird’s eye view 75 metres above the centre of Arras. The belfry is in the flamboyant gothic style and has been rebuilt twice since it was completed in 1554, first to correct structural faults in 1840 and then after damage in the First World War.
Alot to see in Arras such as :
Beffroi d’Arras
Place des Héros
Grand-Place
Carrière Wellington
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Les Boves
Place du Théatre
Hôtel de Guînes
Church of Saint-Nazaire
Citadelle d’Arras
Main Square Festival
Fête de l’Andouillette
Louvre-Lens
Lens’ 14 – 18 Centre d’Histoire Guerre et Paix
Beffroi de Douai
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Places to see in ( Arras - France ) Place des Heros
Places to see in ( Arras - France ) Place des Heros
The city of Arras is famous for its two gems that are the Grand Place (main square) and the Héros square. Surrounded by 155 houses of Flemish Baroque style, these two paved squares are magnificent and make an enchanting scene! Very lively, the Héros square, lined with covered galleries home to fine food shops and cafés, is dominated by the belfry of the town hall. The former Saint-Vaast Benedictine abbey house a Fine Art museum dedicated to painting and sculpture.
In March, the carnival provides a convivial atmosphere. Coeurs d'Arras, little heart-shaped gingerbreads, are a speciality of the city. A city with the highest density of monuments in France, Arras takes place in the Hauts-de-France, in the Pas-de-Calais. Third most populated commune of the department, behind Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer, it is about fifteen kilometers from Lens, and about forty kilometers from Lille.
A privileged residence of the Counts of Flanders in the ninth century, Arras underwent an important development between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The city is then known for its drapery activity which extends throughout much of Europe at the time. Burgundy between the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the city of Arras joined the bosom of France in the seventeenth century under Louis XIII. The cloth industry is gradually collapsing, giving way to a craft-oriented activity. Destroyed during the two world wars, the city reborn from its ashes only in the 1990s.
Today, Arras is a popular tourist city due to its very rich architectural heritage. Classified as a City of Art and History, it is also part of the Network of Major Sites of Vauban and has been awarded four flowers in the competition of cities and floral villages of France.
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Paris - France
Beginning with Notre Dame, then ice cream at Bertillon, to the top of the Eiffel Tower, bus tour to the Orsay Museum, more quick highlights, evening stroll in Latin Quarter, then to Versailles, Hall of Mirrors, gardens, galleries,-- board Eurostar train for London. See more at
Paris - Parc de la Villette - 21 Juillet 2013
Balade au Parc de la Villette, un jour caniculaire de Juillet 2013.