Saint-Omer, a tourist town known for its marshes and its cultural and natural heritage, was founded in the early 900s on the banks of the River Aa, but didn't really take off until around two centuries later, when the port was built, enabling seagoing ships to sail inland. The town grew up around the market and the port, with fortifications surrounding the whole and protecting the castle (home of the lord of Saint-Omer, vassal of the Count of Flanders). Of strategic and commercial importance, the city was repeatedly the object of covetousness and invasion.

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Le marais à Saint-Omer. Catherine FAUCHEUX

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