Tourist Attractions & Monuments Picardy

The nature reserve of the Isle of Isle is nature in the heart of the city. A few minutes walk from the centre, the visitor is surrounded by wild and semi-wild nature. Located in a wetland area of approximately hectares, part of which is devoted to water sports and fishing, the reserve presents a wide variety of species in the moving waters, and a particularly rich avifauna of breeding birds or seasonal hosts: butternut, posh, coot, rousserolle, fauvette and, in times of migration, many ducks, sandpipers, curlew… The farmhouse allows visitors to observe chickens, ducks, sheep, peacock, geese, kids, lambs and ponies. A few steps away, the Wild Wildlife protection centre treats injured birds (kept out of the public eye). The Environment House, at the entrance to the park, regularly hosts exhibitions on local fauna and flora. Site tour by a peripheral path, guided every first Sunday of the month.

A welcoming place with an obvious charm, rich in a friendly atmosphere all year round. You will enter a typical Flemish atmosphere. Behind it, the pedagogical garden offers you a breathtaking view on more than a hundred different flowers and plants. You will discover the history of the annexation of Flanders by France under Louis XIV. The Maison de la Bataille has also recently become a tourist information center.

In the Gothic style, brick on sandstone base, its listed gate dating back to 1582 is him in Renaissance style. The rich furniture of the interior comes from the recollet convent. Its stained-glass windows of different colours make it one of the most exceptional churches in Northern France.

The buildings on General-Foy Avenue are undergoing restructuring. Some barracks become housing, others are allocated to the Regional and Departmental Directorate of Youth and Sports or to the hosting of high-level athletes. If you turn around the island, admire an exemplary architectural success: the transformation of military buildings into a superb house for the reception of dependent elderly people: Les 4 Chênes, rue Lescouvé.

Built around 1500 for the Receiver General for the King's Finances, he became the home of the provincial governors. He will host Louis XIII at the seat of Arras and Louis XIV and his mother, the Queen of Austria at the Sling, where the name everyone knows now. The Logis du Roi is located opposite the courthouse. Until 2003, he housed the faculty of art of Amiens, which is now in the Saint-Maurice district. Unfortunately, he is not that.

According to tradition and according to a former document, King Saint Louis would be the founder of the church Notre-Dame de Chambly. Most of this Gothic building dates back to the th century; the choir, the nave, the facade, the small chapel of the Holy Virgin and the th century tower. The nave contains a beautifully sculpted Louis XIV chair. Four turning points, part of an immense polyptyque of antwerp or brabançonne origin, attract many visitors. These components represent St. Gregory's Mass, the Supper, the Judas de Judas, Ecce Homo, the Garden of Olive Trees, Pentecost and Resurrection.

Notre-Dame Abbey was built in 1138 by Raoul IV of Vermandois, Comte de Crépy. If the church we observe today is very different from that of the 40 th century, excavations over the past years have revealed the architectural importance of the parish: a rigorous symmetry, a prominent transept, a basilicale nave and a flat chevet choir (replaced by a apse in the th century). After the Hundred Years War, the abbey is almost entirely restored. The nave passes from five to three spans. The crosspieces are associated with the central vessel thanks to a hanger double arcade back on a circular stack. The abbey is a beautiful example of flamboyant Gothic, as evidenced by the very wide and refined rose facade of its exterior exterior, illuminated under the rays of the sunset sun. The abbey is located outside the village of Bonneuil (access by RD 32 between Fresnoy-la-Rivière and Vez).

Make no mistake about it: you won't find any track cyclists here! In 1897, there was a test track for cycles, built for the Rochet factory, but it was abandoned in 1906 due to multiple floods and replaced by a pond. This one is now a delight for walkers, pedal boat enthusiasts and especially fishermen. The Velodrome campsite offers 75 pitches and 8 motorhome spaces.

Like an island between the Ourcq and its canal, the mail is a beautiful walk that belongs to the city of Paris since the th century. The river is bordered by a footbridge built by a young engineer from the city of Paris, unknown at the time, named Gustave Eiffel. On either side of the bridge and the tower belonging to the former city hall, you can see: on the left, the garden of the property of the Sconin, the property of Jean Racine, and the right, the garden of the property Héricart, where La Fontaine is married.

Yes, La Marne, if one sometimes tends to forget it, is one of the most important assets of the commune. A few years before the Revolution, in 1784, when men hijacked it from its original bed to gain ground, the river caused significant flooding, which was repeated in the early th century. The preferred solution was to lift the right bank. But if his relations with man were sometimes tense, they also gave rise to beautiful works, including beautiful bridges, including the one built by François I, with 9 arches.

Eparpillées in the old town, some houses were occupied by the German bombings of 1940. Just behind the cathedral, those of Racine and Pastour streets built in the th century are, for example, recognisable to their étages floors. It is in the route des Chasse-marée that is the oldest house in Beauvais: judge rather, it dates back to 1410! It was originally located in the rue Oudry, and was completely dismantled to be rebuilt in the 1990 s at the bedside of the cathedral. Today it houses the headquarters of the Association «Maisons paysannes de l'Oise». Also in the episcopal district, the streets of the Tourne-Broche, Abbot-Gellée, School-de-Chant (including the Rodin House in which the sculptor lived for three years) also houses canoniales houses. The beautiful half-timbered houses built in the 27 th century are also numerous on the street of June. It was here that the members of the clergy and the notables were inhabited, while the bourgeois and the workers were relegated beyond the Gallo-Roman walls.

The coast runs from Dunkirk to Bray-Dunes, last city French before Belgium. The 15 km of beach are surrounded by North Sea and 700 ha of dunes listed as national nature reserve. Impossible not to fall for water sports: sand yachting, windsurfing, kayaking, speed sail, kite surfing... You can also relax by placing your towel, renting a kiosk... Children or adult, everyone can practice an activity safely thanks to professionals who accompany them. The quality of its natural areas, its sustainable tourism approach and its recreation nature offer enabled the Dunes of Flanders to be labelled 4-star Nautical station.

In this very airy park, you can walk around, admire the plants and works of art and be transported to different regions of the world. The walk lasts 2 hours and a little more with the children captivated by the discovery of games and the observation of animals. Landscape artists and plastic artists maintain this space labeled "Remarkable Garden". Numerous outdoor activities are offered in good weather: exhibitions, concerts, shows... The park is closed between November and April.