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Founded: 1406-1410Category: Miscellaneous historic sites in France
Historical period: Valois Dynasty and Hundred Year's War (France)
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stanzebla (19 months ago)
Looks nice. But I guess only the guided tours are useful. Sounds nice too. It has a carillon.
Looks nice. But I guess only the guided tours are useful. Sounds nice too. It has a carillon.
Jerry Jungleyes (2 years ago)
Great quality of goods! Everything you need to cook or drink you will find it around! Quality comes with high price though! Recommended for something above average!
Great quality of goods! Everything you need to cook or drink you will find it around! Quality comes with high price though! Recommended for something above average!
Pharindra Pathak (2 years ago)
Lovely cliff beach
Lovely cliff beach
Explore with Nas (2 years ago)
Very quite old town in france good fir chilling with family we visited ones in 2020
Very quite old town in france good fir chilling with family we visited ones in 2020
Koen (3 years ago)
Perhaps not the most beautiful belfry, but one with history. The 52-meter high belfry of Amiens is one of the 56 belfries of Belgium and France that have been registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2005. Although the belfry was built between 1406 and 1410 as a symbol of the city's independence, its main function was that of a watchtower. After the tower burned down for the second time in 1742, it took seven years for the architect Beffara to start rebuilding. This gives the belfry its current appearance. Unfortunately Marie-Firmine, the 11-ton alarm clock, was "killed" in 1940 and eventually replaced by a carillon in 1989.
Perhaps not the most beautiful belfry, but one with history. The 52-meter high belfry of Amiens is one of the 56 belfries of Belgium and France that have been registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2005. Although the belfry was built between 1406 and 1410 as a symbol of the city's independence, its main function was that of a watchtower. After the tower burned down for the second time in 1742, it took seven years for the architect Beffara to start rebuilding. This gives the belfry its current appearance. Unfortunately Marie-Firmine, the 11-ton alarm clock, was "killed" in 1940 and eventually replaced by a carillon in 1989.
