Amiens, Somme
Many of us will have passed through or round Amiens on our way from the Channel ports to
Paris. We stopped and explored the city a few years ago and found it to be a pleasant place.
Les Rues des Majols et d'Engoulevent.
La Rue des Clairons.
The Rue Victor Hugo with the Palais de Justice and the Cathedral.
The Cathedral from the Chemin de Halage.
An undated postcard of the Theatre.
...and another postcard of the Cathedral and the Market on the Water.
Another view of the Clock and the Rue des Vergeaux.....
A view of Amiens taken from the Chateau d'Eau.
The Flower-Sellers (hortillons) at the Marche sur l'Eau.
Old Houses on the water, Passage des Clairons
Le Theatre Municipal.
La Rue Basse-des-Tanneurs.
The postcard on the left shows the Rue Haute-des-Tanneurs, and that on the right is of the Horloge Dewailly
in the Place Gambetta.
The Museum.
postcards of the past
A 1916 postcard of Rue Francois-Delavigne after the German bombardment.
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Damage from shell-fire on the Rue de Noyon.
Rue des Trois-Cailloux.
The Cathedral Interior after the bombardment.
Place Rene-Goblet.
An early 20th Century postcard of Place Gambetta.
The "Marche sur l'Eau" and the Cathedral.
The Clock Tower in the Place Gambetta.
Le Sport Nautique and the Pont Baraban.
A 1907 postcard of the Theatre.
Le Pont de Beauville.
The Garage on the Rues des Jacobins and Lamarck.
The Marche des Brocanteurs on the Rue des Majols.
The Cattle Market.