PAS-DE-CALAIS


"In Arras, take the liſt up the 75m high belfry, for spectacular views over the café-lined squares below"


beauty. Take the liſt up the 75m high belfry that served as a watchtower, for spectacular views over the café-lined squares below – they are especially lively at weekends. Elsewhere, check out Vauban’s impressive citadelle, built between 1668 and 1672, and now home to offices and houses. Round your visit off with a beer


– brewing is big in these parts, and Chez Marcel is a fantastic place for craſt ales and cheese pairings.


Remembrance in Pas-de-Calais One of the most iconic Remembrance monuments on the Western Front is at Vimy Ridge, overlooking the Douai Plain near Lens. Set in sprawling parkland, it pays tribute to the 11,285 Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers reported missing when the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army fought three divisions of the German 6th Army. A 15 minute drive away are three


more vital Remembrance sites, in close proximity at Souchez and Ablain-Saint-Nazaire. In Souchez, the Memorial 14-18


is a four-room museum in black concrete and glass featuring


annotated maps that reveal key movements and batles from the conflict. Much of the large-scale photography was taken by soldiers in batle, which lends the exhibits spine- tingling authenticity. Nearby at Notre-Dame de Lorete


is a necropolis, created by the state right aſter the war, whose cemetery and ossuary hold the remains of more than 42,000 soldiers, while over the road is the Ring of Remembrance. Architect Philippe Prost’s 328m circular design was unveiled in 2014


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