The day after tomorrow the
Tour de France will start in the French-Flemish city of
Arras (Dutch: Atrecht), a town with two beautiful market squares.
After WWI the town hall with its belfry tower was complete destroyed and had to be rebuild.
next episode: Amiens
The town of Robespierre...
ReplyDeleteI did not know that. He's house is still there I see. I wonder if they are proud of their (in)famous townsman (he is called 'Master of Terror' for a reason, the crowd cheered for 15 minutes after his head was chopped off).
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