Arras, Pas-de-Calais
Vieille Carte Postale, Arras, L'Hotel de Ville
Arras, Place du Theatre
Arras, Hotel de Ville, Ruines
The shell damaged interior of the Town Hall during
WW1.
Old Postcard, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Station
A great old postcard of the Station at Arras in the early years of the 20th Century.
Arras, Place de la Gare et Boulevard Carnot
The Place de la Gare and the Boulevard Carnot.
An early postcard of the Place du Theatre.
The Town Hall - this must be pre-WW1 as it was
heavily damaged by German artillery during the war -
see the card on the right.
Arras, Grand'Place
Arras, Fontaine de Neptune
This postcard was mailed in 1913.
Arras, Grand'Place
A 1904 postcard of the Grand'Place.
Arras, Place de la Gare
The Place de la Gare - undated postcard.
Arras, panorama
Arras, le Square des Meaulens
Two postcards of Arras "before the terrible war", which dates the cards from after 1918 and the views before 1914. On the left, a "panorama" of the town, and on the
right the Square du Meaulens.
Grand'Place during the Great War.
Arras, Porte Baudimont
The Porte Baudimont, again "before the terrible war".
Arras, Porte Baudemont
The Porte Baudemont (notice the different spellings !) after the German
bombardment in WW1.
Arras, Petite Place, Ruines
The ruins of the Petite Place.
The Place de la Gare after the German bombardment - October 1914.
Arras, Rue Gambetta, Ruines
Rue Gambetta and the Station after the German bombardment.
Arras, Rue Meaulens, Ruines
The ruins in the Rue Meaulens.
Arras, Grand'Place, Ruines
Ruined houses on the Grand'Place.
Arras, Hotel de Ville, Ruines
Two British soldiers by the wreckage of the Town Hall.
Postcards of the Past
The ruins of the Hotel de Ville after the October 1914 bombardment.
More ruins - the postcard does not identify the exact spot.
Arras, Cathedral Ruins
The corner of Rue de la Housse and Rue
Saint-Nicolas. Two people were buried in the ruins.
The main staircase of the Hotel de Ville after the October 1914 bombardment.
Houses on the Petite Place "show the German madness for destruction".
The destruction of the Cathedral Porch and
neighbouring houses.
Arras, Salle des Concerte
A 1917 postcard of the Concert Hall in Arras.
For more about Arras and its history,
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Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais, one of the departements of
Northern France. It was heavily bombarded during World War I and as a
result many of the postcards from that period are concerned with the
damage caused.
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Did You Know.........that Maximilien Robespierre,
the French Revolutionary leader, was born in Arras
in 1758 ?
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Shell damage in Grand'Place.
A 1918 postcard of Arras before and after the war.
The Boulevard du Strasbourg before the war.