Archaeology handicrafts and science and technology sites to visit Amiens

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.

These lost ruins in the heart of the city centre raise questions. It is in fact an old cloister, listed as a historical monument in 1940, the year of its destruction. In the 17th century, this enclosed space was home to the Grey Nuns, who belonged to the last order of Saint Francis and were named after the colour of their habit. Their days are devoted to contemplation and the search for the divine word. During the Revolution, the place was transformed into a factory, before being destroyed during the Second World War. Today you can still admire the galleries and arcades.

Formerly rue des Vergeaux, a Renaissance-style masterpiece survived the bombing, was dismantled by stone after the Second World War and stored in Saint-Germain church. It was brought up next to the King's Logis dating back to the same period of the th century. The house of sagittarius owes its name to the zodiac sign represented on its arches. This house is classified as a historic monument.

This house, built in 1834, saw the company of the Duthoit brothers (Aimé and Louis) evolve, employing about ten people. During this period, orders, both religious and civil, flowed in from all sides. Several architectural elements of the region are due to them such as the portal of the chapel of the Holy Spirit in Rue for example. They have also worked for decades on the statues and ornaments of Amiens Cathedral. One of their collaborators, Viollet-le-Duc, praised them as the "last image makers of the Middle Ages".